Tomatoes and peppers. That’s 90% of why I love gardening. Is there anything to compare to a home-grown tomato? Not even the tomatoes at the farmer’s market are as good as what comes out of my garden. And for unparalleled taste, peppers are a close second. Like tomatoes, the flavor and variety of peppers that…
How much do I need to plant? This is the question of the year, isn’t it? Growing your own food is a key component of any good preparedness plan. Even if you aren’t worried about food shortages or end of days prepping, there are still plenty of good reasons to grow as much of your…
The news is alarming: reports of food shortages around the world, world leaders confirming there will be even more shortages to come, food warehouses and production facilities burning down and more transportation bottlenecks. In the last month or two I’ve received several emails and phone calls from people asking if it’s too late for them…
Experts are predicting food shortages world wide. So… the question is: Are you ready? Just when we think we’ve weathered the worst of the Corona storm, now we are hearing reports that some sectors of food production are shut down and others are hampered by worker shortages. More and more it appears that food shortages…
So you’ve started your plants from seed and now they’re almost ready to transplant your garden. That means it’s time for hardening off. When your plants were seedlings, little babies with just two seedling leaves, all they needed was lots of light. Then they became little toddler plants with their first true leaves. You could…
New to gardening? I made this video just for you. It covers all the basic topics to get you off to a great start. With the information in these videos you will soon be able to feed your family for the entire year with the produce from your garden. If you’re short on time There’s…