And the winner for Most Food per Foot is? The potato bin! Or so I’ve read, and by the end of the year I’ll see if it’s true. Building and planting a potato bin is one of my garden experiments… Continue Reading
This is the third part of a three part series on choosing perennials for your home and bugout locations. When Salty mentioned developing a new category of posts about “If We Had it to Do Over Again”, it wasn’t hard… Continue Reading
Selecting perennials well comes down to a lot more than just choosing what it is you want to plant and harvest. It’s equally important that you choose foodstocks that you can store well for the long haul. This is the… Continue Reading
Do you have one of those Garden in a Box kits, where they sell you a bunch of heirloom seeds packaged to stay viable in a freezer for a decade or more, so you can grow your own food come… Continue Reading
Deciding to plant perennial food plants is easy. It offers get of sun-ripened goodness. You can get shade, attract pollinators, deter trespassers, maybe help out some people in your community who can’t afford enough fresh fruit for their kids. … Continue Reading
Good fences make good neighbors. My battles with the wildlife have raged for years, with some years seeing me having the upper hand and others … not so much. Raised garden with bunny netting. The hog panel (big square wire… Continue Reading