Aquaponics System
I am Hooked on Ponics! Ok that’s a really bad joke, but seriously – Aquaponics is really exciting. This entirely newfield of farming is growing faster than weeds right now. Enough farming jokes… Read more »
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Video: 4 Ways To Protect Your Plants From Frost
Since I get asked a lot about my various methods for protecting plants from frost – and get plenty of questions on my zone-pushing strategies – I figured it was… Read more »
How To Turn “Trash” Into Soil
Have you been fighting with bad soil? Trying to cope with lousy sand? Dealing with dead dirt? It’s time to bury your troubles, my friend. For vegetable gardens, it’s a… Read more »
Are You Ready Series: Rolling Blackouts
The U.S. power grid, as it exists today, is dying a slow and miserable death. Experts in the private and public sector are also concerned about the weakness of the grid and… Read more »
Growing Potatoes in Straw: A Labor-Saving/Better Harvest Technique
Growing Potatoes in Straw: A Labor-Saving/Better Harvest Technique As a preparedness-minded person (& chief cook / bottle-washer), I often evaluate foods based on their shelf-life, ability to fill the eater… Read more »
Easy Steps To Raising Tilapia In Do-It-Yourself Aquaculture Tank
In a former life, before moving to the Ozarks to embark upon an unanticipated homesteading lifestyle, I studied to be and worked as a zoologist and marine biologist. As odd… Read more »
Raised Bed Gardening, part 2
Probably the best known system of raised bed gardening is Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening method. About 30 years ago, he began to question why “traditional” gardening is done in particular ways,… Read more »
Raised Bed Gardening, part 1
Every year since we’ve owned our farm, we’ve delightedly tilled up the soil and lovingly poked seeds into the ground, envisioning the beautiful garden to come. We’ve put up fencing… Read more »