Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

February Garden Task and Seeds To Start

January slips by fast, and once you see February looming, you know it is time to start planning again. Overall, I don’t plant much in January, my push is come February. I start some seeds this month (though I have learned to hold back the majority until March). We live in grow zone 8b, which… Continue reading February Garden Task and Seeds To Start

Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Growing Potatoes: The Easiest Vegetable To Grow

This meme always makes me laugh. Because it is so true. Every garden group I am in for self sufficiency always ends up on the topic of potatoes. And why? Because potatoes are so easy to grow. They are possibly the easiest vegetable to grow. Potatoes have in their code the drive to reproduce. They… Continue reading Growing Potatoes: The Easiest Vegetable To Grow

Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

No Garden? Small Garden? Grow Dwarf Plants

Have you ever grown dwarf plants? There are many seeds on the market to try out now, with more showing up yearly. If people show an interest, they become viable for seed companies to stock, instead of being hard to find. They can be grown in pots, 5 gallon buckets, hydroponic systems, and in raised… Continue reading No Garden? Small Garden? Grow Dwarf Plants

Gardening · Homesteading

Seed Companies We Use

I was walking through The Home Depot yesterday and the first signs of Spring were showing up. Yes, seed racks. You know how it is....Christmas blow ups are gone, and vast acreage is taken up with cardboard displays of seed packets. Bright and shiny, promising and full of hope. But remember this...in big box stores… Continue reading Seed Companies We Use

Gardening · Homesteading · Prepping · Urban Homesteading

Teach Them To Grow Food: But Then They Don’t

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