"A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. Perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer, then die back every autumn and winter, and then return in the spring from their rootstock, are known as … [Read more...] about Perennial Plants That Produce Food Year After Year
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Even More Reasons to Grow Your Own Food
As if you needed any more reasons to start growing and raising your own food, Chipotle restaurants have now given you one more reason. Chipotle restaurants are noted or want to be noted for using organically grown foods. Obviously, the growers cannot use commercial fertilizers … [Read more...] about Even More Reasons to Grow Your Own Food
Seeds, Seedlings or Both When Starting Your Garden
For most people it would be a combination of sowing seeds directly in the ground or in pots and transplanting into the ground using seedlings. The seedlings can be ones that you started yourself indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost, or you can purchase seedlings from … [Read more...] about Seeds, Seedlings or Both When Starting Your Garden
How To Make Seed Tape
Planting vegetables with tiny seeds can be wasteful and a pain. Traditional methods have you sowing way more seeds than you need, then coming back and thinning after they sprout. The traditional method finds the plants competing for resources in the soil as well. This video … [Read more...] about How To Make Seed Tape
Benefits of Gardening with Chickens
We all know chickens are great for producing eggs which are a great source of protein, but did you know they can also be beneficial to your garden. Chickens can help fertilize, weed and control pests in your garden. So if you have a garden and some chickens and want to know how … [Read more...] about Benefits of Gardening with Chickens