How to Start Seeds Indoors – A Prepper’s Guide
Starting seeds indoors should be a vital part of any prepper’s food security plan. You do not need a greenhouse nor a lot of expensive equipment to successfully provide all the plants you will need. […]
Gardening
Seeds Stockpile: How to Plan and Start It
Every family has their own goals for prepping, and creating a seed stockpile follows our goals to have a self-sufficient homestead. Seed saving allows you to have a self-sustaining garden each year. You won’t depend […]
Growing Potatoes in Buckets
Over the past few years I have tried growing potatoes. Not wanting to use precious garden space for experimenting with potato’s – I tried growing them in containers. I found it surprisingly easy. In the […]
5 Easy To Grow Plants For A Survival Garden
by Contributing Author One of the best ways to be prepared for the many uncertainties that life hurls at us is to grow our own food. Gardening can be a vital skill to learn ahead […]
31 Drought Tolerant Plants & Trees for Your Survival Garden
by Jordan This past summer much of the U.S. suffered prolonged droughts. In many areas wells ran dry and towns implemented water use limits. Farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders watched as their crops wilted and died. […]
How to Build a Secret Underground Greenhouse
by Karen One of the most important aspects of survival after the collapse of society is how to ensure you and your family have enough food. You may have a few months of food stored […]
VersaPot – The simplest way to a fresh healthy vegetable gardening!
When it comes to aspects of preparedness gardening is one of my favorites. There is just something about preparing the dirt, dropping some seed in it, watering – and then watching as a bit of green […]
Review – Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
My brother bought me the book Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre a while back. He knows my passion for gardening as well as a desire to learn everything “homesteading” that I can. I live in a […]
Indoor Gardening 101: 3 Basic Tips for Urban Gardeners
By Cherie Whether you’re living in an urban environment without the space to create an outdoor garden or if you want to grow seedlings from the inside of your home, you can bring your green […]
Are you saving seeds?
We spend tons of money on guns, ammunition, knives, backpacks and all kinds of things labeled “tactical” – but what about seeds? Many of us that prepare for “bad times” ahead consider gardening an integral […]
Survival Gardening: Squash and Zucchini
This post was previously published HERE on ModernSurvivalOnline. Spring is fast approaching and many will start gardens for the very first time. Wanna have guaranteed (well…..almost) success? Over the years I have found it incredibly easy to grow both zucchini […]
Pull them suckers from the crotch….
If you thought the title had anything to do with anything other than pruning tomatoes then your mind must be in the gutter. 😉 Removing “suckers from the crotch” is a pruning technique for tomato […]
Row Gardening: Easier & More Bountiful than Square Foot Gardening
From Rourke: This post was originally posted over at SeasonedCitizenPrepper.com. It can be seen HERE. By Beverly Sandlin For all of the hype about square foot gardening and raised beds, when two of my sisters, […]
GARDENING: Raised bed update…..
The raised bed I built a few weeks ago is doing well. The cucumber plant has climbed the cage I surrounded it with and is reaching out the top. There are approx. 1 “boatload” of mini-cucumber […]
Are you saving seeds?
We spend tons of money on guns, ammunition, knives, backpacks and all kinds of things labeled “tactical” – but what about seeds? Many of us that prepare for “bad times” ahead consider gardening an integral […]
Raspberries – A Primer
The following post was originally published at SeasonedCitizenPrepper.com. It can be seen in its original form HERE. By Bev When I was a little girl a yearly ritual was when my Mother took us […]
Built a rotating compost bin
I just completed another project building a rotating compost bin out of scrap deck wood. I am no carpenter and focus more on utility than appearance (obviously 🙂 ). I have had a compost bin […]
New “raised” bed added to the garden
This past weekend I completed a project I had wanted to do for some time: I built a new raised bed to add to my gardening. Certainly not an architectural masterpiece I had a bunch […]
Garden looking good so far…..
The garden is looking good so far this season. In previous years I tended to overpack my gardening space with plants. I guess my thoughts behind this was to try to get the maximum harvest […]
Re: Cheap Survival Gardening
Back on April 29th an article titled “Cheap Survival Gardening” was published. Several follow up comments were left including a request for pictures of the garden. Well – author “JP” has obliged and sent some […]
Pull them suckers from the crotch….
If you thought the title had anything to do with anything other than pruning tomatoes then your mind must be in the gutter. 😉 Removing “suckers from the crotch” is a pruning technique for tomato […]
‘Tis the season……to Garden!!
So far the my gardens are looking good. My main, largest garden has vegetables such as Crookneck Summer Squash, Pickling Cucumbers, Zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, onions, watermelon, cantaloupe, and more. I planted everything using seeds and […]
CHEAP SURVIVAL GARDEN
I live in a suburban neighborhood that doesn’t allow chickens or rabbits, but I decided that I wanted a homestead survival garden at least to grow some of my own food. I don’t plan on becoming a […]
Three Medicinal Plants to Consider for Your Survival Garden
Echinacea The beauty of Echinacea is equal to its value medicinally. The intense purple daisy-like flowers outshine most flowers in the herb garden. Even the Monarch butterflies find it attractive. Tall and impressive, this perennial […]