Gardening

You hear about Food Police raiding small farms and ranches and mom and pop food shops all the time. It’s not just in the USA but abroad too. The story is …

How about a solar powered floating greenhouse? Want one? I do. Dubbed the Jellyfish Barge, it’s a 750 square foot octagonal-shaped barge which floats atop recycled plastic barrels. It is …

Here’s an extremely efficient and inexpensive gardening idea. This awesome DIY rain gutter aquaponics system from Morningstar Fishermen combines aquaponic gardening with vertical gardening, using a few readily-available materials.  This …

For all you practical off gridders, here’s an interesting competition between a Scythe and a Weedwhacker! Who do you think is gonna win? “…Annual race between brushcutter and scythe – honours go …

Surjit Singh Kainth grew 1355 cherry tomatoes on 1 plant, and believe it or not, it’s a new Guinness World Record.   ‘We were pretty sure it would beat the …

Curtis Stone, founder of Green City Acres, grosses $80,000 to $100,000 per year working 3 seasons out of the year, while taking winters off. The most amazing part of this, …

This tree produces 40 different varieties of stone fruit – plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, cherries and almonds, to be exact. With multiple varieties of each fruit. It is a project by …

We have featured several types of aquaponics systems that all have the benefit of growing an abundance of food in a small space, with fish as the source of natural …

Geodesic dome greenhouses are beautiful, for sure, and they have many advantages that make them a great option for backyard food growing. The dome shape gives a large volume for …

This DIY pallet compost bin system is a nice alternative to the expensive plastic tumblers that you can buy at the store. It is very simple, completely free, and fast! …