Making A Homestead

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DIY Square Foot Garden

I use the Square Foot Garden method for gardening for one reason. I am lazy. Pure and simple. If you haven’t heard of this method before, it is awesome! It is the no digging, no weeding method of maximizing garden space popularized in the book, All New Square Foot Gardening by: Mel Bartholomew. In fact, [...]

Behind Cohutt's Fence

Website of the Week: Behind Cohutt’s Fence

If I haven’t mentioned it before, I am a huge fan of the site, Behind Cohutt’s Fence. This is a great website run by a friend of mine and fellow Survival Podcast Forum moderator, Cohutt. He is a Georgia gardening guru with the penchant for doing things big. I [...]

The Old Farmer's Almanac Review

I highly suggest checking out The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2012. This almanac has been produced annually since 1792 and is the oldest continually published periodical in North America. If you’re a gardener, and chances are that you are if you follow my blog, then this book is an invaluable resource. Not only does this book [...]

“All New Square Foot Gardening” By: Mel Bartholomew – Review

Winter is the time to spend planning your next year’s garden. It is tempting to rest on one’s laurel at this time of year, but to do so would be a grave mistake. I like to use this time to plunge into gardening books and seed catalogs. I started this tradition 3 years ago when [...]

Reinforcing the Cold Frame

There is a reason we test things. LOL. I was fortunate to get my cold frame/mini greenhouse up before it got too cold. However, about a week ago it rained for about 3 days straight. Curious, how my cold frame would hold up, I went outside as soon as it was dry. Luckily, it had [...]

Making a Coldframe

For most of my beds I just mulched them with leaves, but I decided to turn one of my 2 x 8 foot beds into a coldframe. I tried to keep things as cheap, semi-permanent as possible and of course it was all DIY work.Next year, I’ll try for something more permanent, but this year [...]

My garden tub

In an effort to use as much of my available space as possible I decided to turn a couple plastic tubs into planters. All I did was remove the tops, make holes for drainage across the bottom from 1/2 – 1 inch apart and another row all around the sides about 1/2 inch high and [...]

Tromboncino Part II

My Tromboncino squash has really taken off in a big way. ( For reference, I got the seeds from Territorial Seeds, http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1100/220 ) Check out the pictures below and remember it is all one plant.

My Tromboncino Squash has taken over the wooden tee-pee I built for it and is now going after my [...]

Easy Jalapeno Popper Recipe

Last night I made jalapeño poppers on a whim with jalapeños from my garden. They were delicious and could not be easier. I will preface this by saying that fresh green jalapeños are much sweeter then ones left to turn red, which become very hot. Not that this is bad. It is just an observation. [...]

Garlic and Shallot Harvesting

Well, it happened sooner than I thought, but a couple days ago, I harvested my shallots and garlic. I knew it was time because the lower leaves were turning brown. When the softneck finally flopped over I got down to it. You can see below what I am talking about.

Garlic and Shallot bed [...]

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