Tag: Garden

Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round

Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round

Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round A couple in Sweden decided to take full advantage of their desire to save on energy bills and grow year round. Located in Stockholm where the winters are particularly long, the need for a greenhouse if you desire to grow the bulk of your own …

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DIY Soil Test

DIY Soil Test

DIY Soil Test Testing your soil before gardening can help answer a multitude of questions that you may not have even realized you should be asking. For the new gardener… where should I place my garden for the best soil? What plants grow best in the soil I have? Do I need to fertilize before …

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Foods that Need to be Repackaged Prior to Long Term Storage

Foods that Need to be Repackaged Prior to Long Term Storage Everyone knows the whys of food storage. We know we will need these stored goods one day, whether it’s due to a lack of funds, an illness that keeps us from moving about while ill,  a disaster that interferes with supply lines, civil unrest …

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Nine Meals from Anarchy: Prepper Applications

Nine Meals from Anarchy: Prepper Applications

Nine Meals from Anarchy: Prepper Applications First spoken aloud by Alfred Henry Lewis in 1906 and echoed by those as well known as Leon Trotsky. “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.” Why are meals separated out from the rest of the human needs as being the one that will cause anarchy in such …

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Bedding Down Survival Gardens for Winter

Bedding Down Survival Gardens for Winter

Bedding Down Survival Gardens for Winter How do you prepare your garden for the winter? Do you cover it ? Set up items for reuse? Or do you garden year round? This article  discusses bedding down for the winter and the processes involved in doing that. See it linked below from The Prepper Journal. Survival …

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Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving

Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving

Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving Broccoli is one of my favorites. It is also one of the vegetables I have had the most problems growing at home. 🙁 It does take a little more care, timing and good seeds to grow then do some more prolific veggies. So I went looking for advise on growing …

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25 Edible Wild Plants

25 Edible Wild Plants

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 25 Edible Wild Plants Everyone whether they admit it or not, whether they actively prepare or not, has some idea how they might at least get home during a disaster. Especially if you’re among those that don’t actively prepare and plan, you may find yourself walking a long distance …

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Freezing Cucumbers

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Freezing Cucumbers If your harvest of cucumbers is anything like ours, you will be swimming in cucumbers! It’s not an issue here as I am a firm believer that you simply can’t have too many pickles! So if you are tired of cucumber salads, had enough fresh, and impossibly …

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DIY Table Top Greenhouse

DIY Table Top Greenhouse

DIY Table Top Greenhouse The perfect little greenhouse for the urban gardener with limited space. Small enough to fit on a patio or balcony and portable if you need to move. Great for those with small needs, bad backs, or space limitations. Get the material list and instructions at the featured link below from Dremel, …

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DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse

DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse There isn’t really any debate on how useful a greenhouse can be to your food security long or short term. But there are literally hundreds of types some commercially made and some DIY. This particular one uses a recycled old carport as it’s base. Part …

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