If you raise your own chickens, you know just how much feed these little creatures can go through, and hey, let’s face it—the price tag can really add up. Aside from chicken feed being a bit expensive, you have more control over the way your food is grown in contrast to buying feed from a supplier. In order to ensure that your chickens have good-quality feed, you can grow foods …Continue Reading
Growing Vegetables
Tending Your Vegetable Garden [Chapter 6] Homestead Handbook
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Learn how to grow and harvest and tend to your vegetable garden. This guide, pulled from the Homestead Handbook, will teach you how to get that vegetable garden in tip top shape on any homestead, with square foot gardening. This is Chapter 6 of our 11 part series on backyard gardening. …Continue Reading
Survival Gardening – Vegetables You Can Plant Late In The Summer
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Author’s note: The following survival gardening vegetables are best planted in USDA zones 4, 5, and 6. Do you have vacant areas in your garden that you would like to fill? Are you wondering if there are vegetables that will do well being planted this late in the summer? If you live in USDA zones 4,5, and 6 you are in luck! Survival Gardening: Vegetables For The Late …Continue Reading
Planning Your Square Foot Garden [Chapter 2] Homestead Handbook
Reading Time: 13 minutes
So you want to get into square foot gardening? Then it's time to start planning your square foot garden! You want to grow your own backyard garden on the homestead, and now you've finally found a way to reach these dreams! Square foot gardening makes growing a vegetable garden easy as cake carrot cake. This is part 2 of our 11 part series to get your homestead a'growing! …Continue Reading
15 Delectable Edibles You Can Grow In Your Indoor Winter Garden
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Love gardening? It's about time to take it indoors. Here are 15 edibles you can grow in your indoor winter garden. Vegetables and Greens For Your Indoor Winter Garden Looking into growing your winter garden edibles? Growing your own vegetables and herbs indoors is a perfect counterpart to winter farmers or grocery stores trips, and mind you, you don't really need to be an …Continue Reading
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