Anytime you can practice gardening without harmful chemicals and synthetic fertilizers your garden will thank you for it. The most successful gardens are the ones that follow the cues of nature rather than trying to fight against it. Once you start to introduce non-natural elements you often times end up struggling in other areas (like …
Vegetable garden
During WWI and WWII Americans (and residents of many other countries) banded together to help supplement the food supply chain amid food rationing and shortages among agricultural workers. During WWII, 1/3 of the vegetables produced in America came from the over 18 million Victory Gardens. Growing a Victory Garden not only helped to feed your …
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, …
Onions are a really easy crop to grow even for beginners and when you grow your own onions a huge amount of variety is opened to you over what you can find on your grocer’s shelves. Not only will you find a larger variety, homegrown onions have a much more vibrant flavor, kicking up the …
Do you want to start a garden but are overwhelmed about how to start? Let me introduce you to a system that is perfect for small spaces called square foot gardening. I think this is a great way to garden for someone who is just getting started. If you are a beginning gardener, click here …