One of the biggest reasons backyard gardeners list for growing their own food is the desire to limit chemicals in their diet. After a season or two of growing your own fruits & veggies, it can be easy to see why big commercial farmers might resort to spraying and sprinkling their crops with chemicals. There …
Natural gardening
You don’t have to be a commercial farmer with 100 acres to reap the benefits of crop rotation. Actually, it is even MORE critical for garden success for the small-scale backyard farmer to rotate crops! What is crop rotation? Crop rotation is a centuries-old practice and a way to ensure many years of sustainable, fertile, …