Everything You Need to Know To Grow a Big Crop of Cucumbers
Nothing beats the summer heat like a fresh cucumber from the garden. These sun-loving vegetables are great for first-time gardeners and easy to
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Plants
6 Organic Mulches That Will Keep Plants Cool This Summer
Mulching your gardens during the warmest summer months will do wonders for growing plants and will encourage a healthier soil environment for your plants to
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Market Garden Strategies for Survival Gardens
Preppers can reap some big rewards by applying some of the habits of successful market gardeners and small farmers to our home gardens. See,
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Food preservation tips: What kinds of food can you dehydrate?
There is almost no easier way to preserve food than to dry it. Used for thousands of years to extend the shelf-life of food without
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How to Grow Blackberries
Blackberries are a sweet tasty treat that can easily be grown in a home garden. The perennial plants will provide plenty of fresh
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Survival Plants:Essential Survival Tools
Survival plants are found everywhere! Getting to know your local plants can help spice up your lunch and literally save your life! Wild
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Seeding Indoors Now For Your Spring Garden
Spring may seem like its eons away, but it will be here before you know it. Starting your seeds indoors is a great
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4 Ways To Use Willow Bark and How To Harvest It
Willow is a much more natural alternative to the Aspirins that line the shelves at every grocery store. It is also quite a
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3 Benefits for Using Rose Hips to Boost the Immune System
Rosehips are a multipurpose herb that can be utilized during the flu season. Read more on some of the outstanding benefits that rosehips
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Simple Outdoor Survival Tips That All New Outdoor Adventurists Should Know
Introduction Some like to spend time in the great outdoors, while others are preparing for a time where the basics are all we will
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Prepper’s food delight: Fruits and vegetables you can grow in your own garden
The ability to feed yourself and your family when SHTF is very important, so you may want to learn how to grow your
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4 Wild medicinal plants to harvest for profit
North America is rich in wild medicinal plants that you can harvest for profit. These herbs are used in Native American Medicine to treat
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Using Fish to Create Organic Fertilizer
In this article we’re going to discuss how you can grow plants using fish in an aquaponics system. Aquaponics is the combination of
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How to Grow Wildflowers
In the past few years I’ve read about, and have seen more interest in wildflowers, so I figure it’s about time I jump
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Garden Rebels: 10 Ways to Sow Revolution in Your Back Yard (and Why You MUST Go to Battle)
Perhaps the next Revolutionary War will take place in a vegetable garden. Instead of bullets, there will be seeds. Instead of chemical warfare,
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Creating a More Self-Sufficient Garden for the Long Term
I love gardening. It’s fun, it’s rewarding, and it saves money. However, it’s only useful for prepping purposes in the long term if
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How to Build a Simple Potting Bench
The potting bench that you are about to read about is not fancy, but very functional. It is also very easy to build
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Gardening Keeps You Healthy
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote to Charles Willson Peale in 1811 at age 68, “But though an old man, I am but a young
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The Pros and Cons of Raised Garden Beds
Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised garden beds. They don’t need any
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Why Your Medicinal Herb Kit Should Have Yarrow
Yarrow has been used in natural remedies for thousands of years and can be used to treat burns, boils, blisters, ear infections, sores,
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Pacific Northwest Weather: Surviving and Thriving Outdoors
The wet, cool and moderate Pacific Northwest weather is a powerful force in shaping the ecology of the land. Understanding its patterns and
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Medicinal Herb Gardening Using Permaculture Techniques
Medicinal herb gardening is a wonderful way to begin incorporating permaculture into your life. Growing useful medicinal plants allows you to experiment with
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How to grow chilli peppers
Growing chillies at home is easy, and there’s a huge variety of different types to choose from. Whether you want flavour, heat or
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Plant these high-calorie vegetables to ensure your survival when SHTF
Vegetables are great if you’re trying to limit their calorie intake, but these present a problem when SHTF and you’re limited to what you can
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