Growing Atlantic Giant Pumpkins – Step by Step Growing Journal
It’s no secret. Growing your own vegetables is a great way to provide healthy foods for yourself and your family and to prepare for possible hard times. True, going to the store and buying your...
View ArticleDIY: Free Drip Irrigation System
DIY: Free Drip Irrigation System Most gardening experts agree that slow, deep watering (ie, drip irrigation) is better than the quick, surface watering (ie, the 10 minute sprinkler job or the old...
View ArticleBackyard Chickens – Raising Chickens in the City
April 11, 2013 The chickens are just about a year old and now, the egg production is in full swing! Each day, I get between 4 – 5 eggs. 5 you ask? Oops! I forgot to mention that I’ve added two...
View ArticleWhen Do Chickens Go to Bed?
When the chickens were about 5 weeks old, I decided to place them outside into their coop. For the first couple of days, they weren’t going into the coop at night so I had to manually put them in...
View ArticleDIY Root Watering System
It’s fact that some plants require daily watering. This is because the roots need a constant supply of water to keep the plant healthy. This was the case with my recently added blueberry plants....
View ArticleHome Made DIY Pickles
Home Made DIY Pickles That Anyone Can Do So I have a wonderful problem. My container garden is pushing off a ton of organic cucumbers. Now I love cucumbers as much as the next guy but after a while I...
View ArticleHome Food Production – Edible Gardens and more…
Why it’s a good idea to have an edible garden Our Economic State: Let’s face it. Our economy is in the dumps. As of June 1, 2012, 8.9 % of our population is unemployed. That’s 12.7 million...
View ArticleIntroduction to Bees and Beekeeping
Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping Our Allies Not Our Enemies: The Honey Bee I’m sure it has happened to all of us. You’re out minding your own business and BLAMO, you get stung by a bee. For most, it...
View ArticleGiant Pumpkin Final Update
Sorry for the long break folks, but here’s the final update on my first attempt at growing Giant Pumpkins. As you all know by now, the project started back in February of 2012 as a fun project....
View ArticleDIY Low Waste Chicken Feeder
Around April of this year (2012) I started the new project of raising backyard chickens in the city. It’s only been nine months, but I have learned so much about these little guys. For example,...
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