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8 Uses for Dandelions

Those pesky, but delightfully bright flowers that pop up all over your lawn are tremendously useful. You can eat every part of the plant, roots, leaves, and flowers and they are good for you. Dandelions [ … ]

How To Successfully Grow Vine Fruits

When you think about growing fruit, you probably imagine trees and orchards. Plenty of fruits grow on trees, but there are also vine fruits. Vines, whether they produce fruits or not, are interesting and useful [ … ]

How To Grow Berry Bushes

Producing fruit in your backyard, on your small farm, or on the family homestead is a great idea. There is nothing like fresh fruit in the summer and fall, and when you can pick it [ … ]

Useful Weeds In The Garden

Weeding is one of the most tedious chores in the garden, especially if you are pulling them by hand, one at a time. It means spending hours kneeling or crouching, bent over your garden, and [ … ]

Dive into Hydroponics

When you grow your own food in an attempt to sever ties with big agriculture and the mega grocery stores that sell their wares, you sometimes have to get a little creative. The traditional way [ … ]

What’s In the Beef?

On January 10, 1984, Americans first got to see three older women gathered around a seemingly impressive looking hamburger in a fast-food restaurant that proudly proclaimed themselves “The Home of the Big Bun.” After two [ … ]

How To Grow Asparagus

Growing asparagus in your garden requires great care, lots of attention, patience, and time. It is hardly the easiest vegetable to grow, but if you take the time and effort to do it, you will [ … ]

Tansy and Its Many Uses

Tansy is the common name for the flowering plant species known as Tanacetum vulgare L. If you live in the U.S., Canada, or Europe, there’s a pretty good chance you can find this plant in [ … ]

How To Create The Best Potting Soil

Many beginning gardeners make the mistake of placing too little emphasis on soil. Your plants grow in the soil, stretch their roots through it, and take up nutrients and water from it. The quality, quantity, [ … ]

Study Reviews The Culprits Behind Dying Bees

Since about 2006, farmers, scientists, beekeepers, and casual observers have noticed sudden declines in bee populations. Beekeepers were seeing at least 30 percent of their bee populations die or disappear each year. Scientists began calling [ ... ]
Five Secrets to a Productive Garden

If you’re considering a food garden as part of your long range emergency preparedness plans, the number one piece of advice you need embrace is: “Do your research.” The rules for successful gardening are very [ ... ]
Beautiful and Edible Ground Covers

I have found that there are a couple reasons that one might like to plant a ground covering that is edible. The first is that you have a small yard or garden plot and want [ ... ]
How To Make Your Own Essential Oils and Perfumes

Making essential oils is done by extracting the natural oils from herbs and/or flowers. These extractions can be made with oils or alcohol. Extracting Oils with Oil Oil attracts oil, bringing it out of the [ ... ]

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