By Anna Landry Seeing colorful flowers blossom in the spring and summer is one of the many joys that come with warmer weather. From roses to sunflowers, there are all kinds of beautiful blooms to admire. But for gardeners, the sight is even sweeter when…
By Stephanie Vallette Interested in starting a vegetable garden? There are many easy-to-grow options that are perfect for beginners. It’s not only a fun and tasty hobby, but studies often point to the amazing benefits you get from spending time outside and connecting with nature….
By Study Finds Studies often point to the amazing benefits from spending time outside and connecting with nature. Here’s one more fantastic reason to put the smartphone down and enjoy the great outdoors. A new study reports that gardening could help reduce the risk of…
By Sara Tipton We are already well into summer, but if you missed planting a garden in the spring, there are a few seeds you can still plant now to get a harvest by fall! There are only about 8 weeks left before the weather…
By Marie Hawthorne We talk about gardening a lot on this site. Maybe you live in a temperate climate with ample rainfall and workable soil. Gardening will probably come fairly easily. But what if you don’t? What if you live in a desert or semi-desert…
By John Anderer If you’ve been feeling down lately, or particularly stressed out, researchers from the University of Florida suggest getting more hands-on with nature. Their study finds gardening helped lower stress, anxiety, and depression among a group of healthy women attending twice-weekly gardening classes….
By Amy Allen We’ve talked a bit in the past about how nutrient deficiencies can devastate your garden. And that’s absolutely true. But, we only talked about the heavy hitters then. Secondary nutrients – if your plants don’t have enough of them – can wreck…
By Amy Allen Once upon a time, there was a tomato growing in my garden. It was beautiful and the first tomato of the season. Red and round and perfect, I was so looking forward to biting into it, letting that homegrown goodness slide down…
By Amy Allen Kitchen scrap gardening is another way to recycle rather than buy. The basic premise is that some vegetables, though not all, will regrow from their parts. By recycling kitchen scraps, we save money on the grocery bill. It’s environmentally friendly, can be…
By Amy Allen Many vegetables can be grown, harvested, and will continue to grow for later harvests. This is called a cut-and-come-again garden, a technique used for continuous harvests. We cut only enough for our use at that moment, allowing the plant to grow for…
By Daisy Luther (April 29, 2019) Finally….the week we’ve all been itching for. At least where I live, it’s planting time! Did you ever wonder exactly how to grow specific vegetables in your garden for the biggest, healthiest harvests? I’ve spent the past few weeks…
By Aden Tate It’s been three months now since the US was invaded. A cyberattack took down the lights, and then the military-age men who had been inserted into America months to years prior as “refugees” were finally activated. Secret caches of weapons, night vision,…
By Amy Allen It’s getting to be that time of year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere: garden planning! Drawings are made, seeds are being started, in warmer areas plants are either in the ground or soon will be. And intercropping can help you to…
By Ice Age Farmer Part two of the MEGA interview, as Christian welcomes David the Good to the Ice Age Farmer broadcast to discuss all things survival gardening: how to garden without a supply chain, integrating animals into your homestead, pushing the zone (aka “Ice…
By Joanna Miller We’ve all been watching prices climb at the grocery stores, and it’s only getting worse. There are issues at every level of food production and distribution. Certain kinds of mandates have made it more difficult for truckers to do their job. Meat…
By J.G. Martinez Being a conscientious dad, I have always believed that education and experience are the best assets to leave our kids. Of course, I do not mean just regular, institutional education. I mean, teaching self-sufficiency to our children. Public school tends not to…
By The Ice Age Farmer Mega interview with David the Good of the Survival Gardening channel! In this first part, we cover the priorities that help frame one’s approach to a survival garden. And while many people get caught up in different techniques and dogma,…
By Jayne Rising Old-fashioned pest management is yet another topic that is going to prove vital knowledge in the very near future. With supply chain disruptions causing shortages in everything from fertilizer to semiconductors, it’s an easy bet that we’ll be seeing shortages of various…
By Aden Tate Search around on prepping/survival articles long enough and you’ll see all kinds of recommendations for grid down/bug-out food acquisition that are incredibly novel and primitive. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong about that either. However, I do think that one needs to go into…
By Charles Hugh Smith There is a great deal of joy and satisfaction in gardening; benefits include saving money, eating healthier, sharing the bounty with others and reducing the derealization / derangement of modern life. There are few reasons to expect food prices to drop…
