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Must Do List for Your Gardening Prep

By |2023-03-07T13:02:02-07:00March 7th, 2023|Categories: Aquaponics, Design, Permaculture, Seed, Self Reliance, Systems|Tags: , , |

Now is the time to get your "rows" in order! Pardon the pun, but for us gardeners late winter early spring is an exciting time of year. Whether you plan to plant indoors or out, this time of year will be a busy one for the likes of your plants you have planned to grow [...]

Easy Winter Tasks for an Abundant Spring Garden

By |2023-03-07T14:04:38-07:00March 4th, 2023|Categories: Food, Permaculture, Seed, Self Reliance, Systems|Tags: , |

For most parts of the US, this has been a banner year for storms, and precipitation that was sorely needed after years of drought. In fact, at the time of writing this we have several inches of snow that we are dealing with as we speak, When looking out over a snow-covered yard, the last [...]

Your Own Seed Vaults – Build Your Own vs Pre-Made Kits

By |2022-08-24T18:29:48-07:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Planning, Seed, Storage|

Recently, there has been a few Native American stashed caches found dating back a few hundred years. Not of gold or anything like that. What they put away in sealed clay pots was way more valuable to them than gold... they found corn seed, as pristine as if it had been placed therein yesterday ready [...]

Harvesting Seeds – What to Watch Out For

By |2022-08-12T13:31:40-07:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Life Hacks - Storage, Seed, Seedlings, Self Reliance|

If there is anything that the last few years have taught us, it is that life is always changing. This unpredictability has revved up to a point, seemingly like never before, that society feels it is on the brink of all out chaos for a better part of 2 years. Those paying attention are feeling [...]

How to Store Seeds for the Long Term

By |2022-08-11T13:00:37-07:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Seed, Self Reliance, Storage|

I remember going into my grandma's "catch all" cupboard when I was a child and was amazed at her collection of the seeds of her favorite flowers and vegetable plants. Back in the day, it was just a way of life to keep those types of essential things around. You never knew when you were [...]

Seedbanks are a Must BEFORE You Garden

By |2022-08-09T15:20:23-07:00August 9th, 2022|Categories: Food, Permaculture, Seed, Seedlings, Self Reliance, Wild Edibles|

It's all fine and dandy to talk about planting gardens and what types of veggies you are looking to harvest, along with the other 100's of thousands of other plants you want in your yard, but if you don't have the actual seeds to do what you want to do, you will only have a [...]

Aquaponics System Farms

By |2022-08-22T17:20:34-07:00March 26th, 2022|Categories: Aquaponics, Food, Planning, Preserve, Seed, Seedlings, Self Reliance, Systems|

Aquaponics System Farm - Questions Answered An Aquaponics System Farm can be constituted when you seek to increase the volume your systems produce. With the proper methods, and the right planning you can gain that increase you have in mind. When you get your growing processes down, is when you can get the fruits, [...]

So You Are Going to Start Your Aquaponics Farm?

By |2021-10-11T14:16:58-07:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Aquaponics, Seed, Tutorials|

You may have experienced the butterflies of excitement in times past. When you begin the garden on that patch of land with the seeds and plants you want to see if you can grow and harvest. All of us who garden have felt that world full of joy, excitement, and reward for at least one [...]

The Self Reliance Movement and Modern Victory Gardens

By |2021-09-13T13:42:27-07:00August 24th, 2021|Categories: Aquaponics, Permaculture, Preserve, Seed|

A Century Has Passed Over one hundred years ago, the war to end all wars began. Beyond any of the sociopolitical reasons it went global, the war became an ever-increasing hardship on those who were left at home. As our doughboys fought in the trenches, those at home in the city and rural communities alike [...]

The History of Victory Gardens

By |2021-09-02T17:17:22-07:00August 23rd, 2021|Categories: Permaculture, Planning, Preserve, Seed, Self Reliance|

In the course of the 20th Century and the many wars that happened over the decades, the people at home were asked to do many things. Among the many sacrifices of life and limb, and the rationing of precious commodities was also to claim their Food Independence through what was called a Victory Garden. To [...]

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