Thoughts from the prepper/self-sufficient corner of my mind. When I look back at the year that has passed by, one thing that really saddens me was the time I spent in trying to get others to be better prepared. I had good intentions for sure, and I had many hopes about it. Last year at… Continue reading Teach Them To Grow Food: But Then They Don’t
Category: Urban Homesteading
January Garden Tasks & What Seeds To Plant
December slips by fast with the holidays keeping every one busy, and once you see January looming, you know it is time to start planning. And for me, come January, I am HAPPY to get outside. The light is returning after the Winter Solstice in December and often we get stretches of sunny days in… Continue reading January Garden Tasks & What Seeds To Plant
December Garden Tasks
It's December. We are nearly 1 week in. The weather speaks winter, not fall, though the Winter Solstice won't be here for more than 2 weeks. It's dark in general, the days are short, the nights long. (And there is still minutes to lose before it starts getting longer light) We have seen the first… Continue reading December Garden Tasks
In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying
You might ask...why write about growing strawberries on the last day of September? As fall settles in you have time to ponder, to dream, to plan for the coming early spring. You will find the time goes by faster than you think. So start thinking now! And did the prices of strawberries make you blanch… Continue reading In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying
5 Gallon Bucket Growing
With our cold and wet spring (and seriously...we had a wind storm last night into this morning that was winter like) I have been looking for options for peppers and some tomatoes to be able to grow protected, and to hopefully increase the crop production numbers. Bell peppers do grow here on Whidbey Island, Wa,… Continue reading 5 Gallon Bucket Growing