Previously, I suggested the first two things that you can do to begin preparing a survival garden. In this post, I will show you eight other ways that you can begin your survival garden this fall.
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The Survival Garden
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When the Weather Doesn’t Cooperate with My Gardening Plans
Tuesday morning started out beautifully. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the temperatures were already in the fifties here on Act III Farm. I knew that we were going to get a frost that night, but I didn’t expect to see snow on the ground when I got home from work that night.Continue reading “When the Weather Doesn’t Cooperate with My Gardening Plans”
Three Sisters and Their Cousins-The Best Known Companion Planting
This is the week I am starting my three sisters’ garden or in this case, we are going to make it a four sisters’ garden. The Three sisters include corn, beans, and squash. To make the fourth, I am adding sunflowers. Planting the Corn Saturday, I planted the corn. One way to do it isContinue reading “Three Sisters and Their Cousins-The Best Known Companion Planting”
How to Grow a Better Crop of Potatoes
The basic difference between indeterminant and determinant potatoes is that if indeterminant potatoes have good conditions, they will continue growing all season whereas determinant potatoes grow a short time and then die off leaving behind a specific crop to harvest immediately.
Getting a Jump on the Spring Garden
My garden this year didn’t start when when I planted my first seed in the ground this spring. I started prepping the early vegetable garden last fall
Planting Perennial Vegetables
Perennial vegetables like asparagus, rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, and horseradish among other vegetables can be planted once and with little care offers a crop year after year.
Planting Berries
An orchard will not bear for a few more years. What I have that will all begin bearing in the next couple of years is the berry patch.
Starting the Orchard
This past week I planted fruit trees in my permaculture orchard. I am growing bare-rooted semi-dwarf trees.
The Perpetual Homesteader 