Gardening is one the most universal ways of growing your own food. Even if you live in an apartment you can still grow some of your own fresh foods. Here are some ideas to help you get started:
The Greatest Things About Growing Strawberries
Hardly a spring goes by when I'm not tempted to buy plants. It's not a bad temptation, but I could ...
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5 Useful Kitchen Compost Bin Tips That Will Keep Things Tidy
Whether you compost in your own yard or use the city curbside compost pick up, you'll need a good way ...
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Here’s How To Use Rainwater In Your Garden
Gardening doesn't have to be complicated, but there are a few things that you have to have to make it ...
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Excellent Spring Garden Vegetables For Small Spaces
When planning your spring garden, you may be wondering which vegetables will work best for a very small garden. If ...
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38 Edible and Useful Plants To Grow In A Shade Garden
One of the trickiest things about growing your own food is sometimes the space you haven't isn't ideal. One scenario ...
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Here’s How To Discourage Fire Ants In Your Garden
After moving from Portland, Oregon to San Antonio, Texas, we had a nice little surprise. And when I say nice, ...
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15 Reliable And Edible Plants For The Forgetful Gardener
I've always been slightly (okay, a LOT) envious of those people who seem to have a green thumb. All they ...
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The Top Farming My Backyard Posts Of 2017
Wow, I can hardly believe 2017 is just about over. Is it just me or is time going like, super ...
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Easy Ways To Get Started On a Great Spring Garden
Garden season is RIGHT around the corner, and I know I'm itching to get started on this year's garden. Unfortunately, ...
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Beautiful Front Yard Gardens Save You Time And Money
Did you know that it doesn't take much space to grow a hearty amount of your own food? You don't ...
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How To Put Your Garden To Bed In The Fall
Colder weather means it's time to put your garden to bed. As you harvest the last of your gardens it's ...
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Is Fancy Equipment Needed on a Homestead?
Is Fancy Equipment Needed on a Homestead? If you’re working to live more sustainably on your urban or suburban homestead, ...
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5 Beautiful Plants For Your Garden That Bees Love
You may have had heard lately that the bees are in trouble. Bees are one of many pollinators that keep ...
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How To Enjoy Nature When You Live In The City
One of the main reasons people dream of moving to the country and starting a homestead is so that they ...
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11 Reasons Why You Need To Know About Permaculture
What is Permaculture? If you've been around the organic homesteading community at all, you may have heard the term permaculture ...
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How to Grow Awesome Microgreens Without a Garden
Don't have room for a garden? Well you are in luck because you don't have to have a plot of ...
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Compost Makes Every Homestead Better. Want To Try?
New homesteader? Learn how to compost! Starting your first compost bin can be really exciting for us homesteading/self-sufficiency geeks. Finally! ...
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Growing Plants from Kitchen Scraps Is Surprisingly Easy
There are so many vegetables you can regrow, that growing plants from kitchen scraps is an easy way to start a garden ...
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Building Soil Is The Big Secret To Great Gardens
When I first started gardening I figured I was a total fail at it. Everything I planted DIED. Even blackberry ...
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How NOT to Compost: 16 Ways To Screw It Up
I started my first compost bin in 2008 and I was so jazzed up and excited about it. I was ...
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Planning a Garden is a Simple Way to a Better Harvest
Have you ever had grand dreams of a beautiful garden, but it never went exactly the way you imagined? Maybe ...
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Planting Garlic is Easy! Here’s How To Do It
Maybe you like a challenge, maybe you forgot to order seeds. Whatever the reason, you find yourself wanting to grow ...
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5 Reasons You Need To Learn About Herbs
I never knew much about herbs. Sometimes my mom had me take St. John's Wort when I was feeling down, ...
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Here’s How To Live Sustainably When You Have a Small Lot (Urban Permaculture Zone 4)
Living sustainably may be easier on a few acres in the country, but that doesn't mean you can't use all ...
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Saving Tomato Seeds Is a Great Way To Superior Tomatoes
Saving tomato seeds from heirloom fruit has several awesome advantages. The first is that you get to save money on ...
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How To Have Fun When Gardening With Kids
Gardening with kids is the only way gardening happens around here. My kids love to be included in the ...
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Making Up Potting Bags: DIY Potting Bag Tutorial
Hi, I'm Carley from Making It Up as I Sew Along, and this is my backyard. Actually, it's my front yard, ...
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How To Live In Tune With The Seasons
Living in tune with the seasons has always had a sense of romance to me. Even before beginning the ...
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27 Reasons to Love Dandelions
There are a lot of reasons to love dandelions, despite the fact they often get a bad reputation. They are ...
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How to Plant Potatoes
Growing potatoes is a pretty straightforward process. They don't even have to be labor intensive, and can be grown in ...
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This Is What Happens When You Plant Perennials
Ahhh, spring. The sun comes out longer, rains encourage the grass and weeds to explode with growth, and gardeners everywhere ...
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How To Grow Ginger From The Store
If you are anything like me, you like trying random gardening experiments. I'm always trying to plant things that I ...
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How To Recycle Concrete Into Urbanite For A Unique Garden
With a little creativity and some grunt work, beautiful paths, patios and other projects can be made by recycling unwanted ...
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You Need To Try No Dig Gardening For Great Soil
No dig gardening is a great way to cut down on weeds, watering, and enrich your soil and it even ...
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How to (Not) Grow Rosemary
My parents have a gorgeous rosemary plant that just keeps growing and growing. They are forever hacking away at it ...
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How To Make Newspaper Pots and Save Money Starting Seeds
Newspaper seed pots are super simple and cheap to make. Don't spend a ton of money buying seed trays when ...
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Inexpensive Tools Every Gardener Should Have
If you are getting started with homesteading or growing your own food you may think you need to run out ...
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How to Make an Upcycled Pallet Planter for Cheap
Making a pallet planter is a quick way to increase the vertical planting space in your garden. If you find ...
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How to Make Soda Bottle Greenhouses
If you are like me, you are forgetful. And if you are forgetful, sometimes you forget to water the seedlings ...
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Hugelkultur: Colossal Garden Beds For Remarkable Results
In my first urban homestead in Portland, there was a large cedar tree in the front yard. As I looked ...
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Thinking About Getting Chickens?
Get ready with the free email course, Intro to Backyard Chickens. The course also includes a free, printable checklist to walk you through step by step!