Some posts may contain affiliate links. Perennial Vegetables You Only Need To Plant Once Having a wonderful survival garden is imperative in times of crisis and saves you funds today as well. One nice thing about perennial veggies as well as berries and fruit trees is that if you must bug out, when you return …
Mead Alcoholic Beverage Recipes Mead (honey based) wine is one of the best tasting homemade wines. It’s also very easy to do! Mead also known as honey wine is an alcoholic beverage created by the fermentation of water and honey. Mead’s alcohol content can vary greatly between mild and strong, and it can range between still and sparkling. …
Medicinal Herbs to Grow at Home Some of these herbs are the basis for todays medications! I have personally taken Echinacea in pill form for years when as soon as I feel an head cold, ear ache etc.. coming on. They are a wonderful natural antibiotic. So I must wonder if that works so well, …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Fruit Trees in Containers I actually have done this with a small orange tree. It did (while indoors) produce fruit but be warned it was like fruit on steroids! The taste was very intense and very tart. Wonderful for making extracts. You must either keep them very small to remain in a container …
Plants That Repel Mosquitoes Nothing is more irritating that sitting on your deck early in the morning with your coffee or in the evening with a relaxing cocktail and you’ve got buzzing around your ears and itchy bites welting up on every bit of exposed skin… mosquitoes! They aren’t only bothersome but can carry some …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. The Many Benefits of Hügelkultur Raised Garden Beds Hügelkultur gardening is almost like composting and growing at the same time! That alone is advantageous but add the additional benefits of the moisture retaining design, the landscaping benefits, and that they eventually can become as low or high as you choose makes …
How to Identify Poison Ivy I have attempted to enlarge this enough to make it readable! I have never had poison ivy and hope by being aware and cautious never will! This is an aggregated site. Please be aware some of the sites we link you to could have pop ups. We have no …
Planting Guide – (Per Person) How many seeds/plants do you need to plant if you want to feed your family fresh produce during the growing season, and can enough to last the rest of the year? The planting guide below gives you a good idea of how much of each plant/seed you will need per person, as …
10 Herbs that heal All pharmaceuticals began as a natural supplement that has had it’s healing properties separated and condensed to its most potent form then mixed with additives to create the pill, capsule, or liquid medication you take today. If there is a long term crisis it may be some time before medical care is once …
Growing a 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 Feet Almost every culture eats the potato in one form or another. Easy to grow and easy to sustain crop after crop year after year. A bumper crop however doesn’t have to take up a huge amount of your growing space. See how to 100 lbs in …
