
How To Trick Nature & Stretch Your Hardiness Zone

As more and more households move toward self-sufficiency, there’s a pressure to be able to grow it all, right in your own backyard. If you live in a particularly warm or cold hardiness zone, though, [ ... ]
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Read part 2 in this series here. Watching the snow blow and hearing the wind gust during the winter months, it’s hard to imagine growing vegetables outside. Sure, a greenhouse might make it possible, but [ … ]
Applying mulch to your garden keeps soil temperature insulated from cold and hot weather, minimizes evaporation, and inhibits weed seed germination. A mulch is any material laid over the soil. Common mulches include crushed rock, [ … ]
Looking for a productive way to grow food that requires less work? Utilized in Germany and Eastern Europe for hundreds of years, hugelkultur (literally meaning “mound culture”) is a method of growing food that can [ … ]
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