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Prepare Your Garden for Winter with Cheap Green Manure

I was selling plants at my nursery booth this week when a woman walked up to me. "I did what you told me," she stated. I couldn't remember when we had talked but she looked familiar. And I certainly couldn't remember what I'd told her to do. I wondered... what HAD I told her to do? Did I tell her to knock off one of my mortal enemies? Build a perpetual motion machine? Start … [Read more...] about Prepare Your Garden for Winter with Cheap Green Manure

Patience: The Key To Homesteading and Gardening Success

Many preppers join the survivalist ranks in a mad rush. Most of us have been there. We remember the one event, news article, lost job or crisis that pushed us firmly into the "I'll be ready no matter what" mindset. Oft-times our conversion leads to a mad rush. We buy buckets of beans, generators, guns, silver, etc.... just in case. This is a good thing, certainly, but it's not … [Read more...] about Patience: The Key To Homesteading and Gardening Success

6 Unexpected Uses For Oak Trees

When I first bought my homestead there were a couple dozen oak trees in the yard. Unfortunately, they were water oaks. Those are the kind of oaks that spontaneously fall over and crush things. Since I needed sunshine in order to plant my food forest and create my garden beds - and since I was terrified of multi-ton wrecking logs falling through my roof - I hired a local tree … [Read more...] about 6 Unexpected Uses For Oak Trees

Book Review: Edible Landscaping With a Permaculture Twist

It's no secret that I dig (sometimes literally) edible landscaping. I've written about its value before, particularly in a crash situation in which obviously edible plants are liable to be stolen. I gave a talk a few weeks ago in The Villages. For those of you not familiar with that particular slice of Orwellian central planning, The Villages is a huge community … [Read more...] about Book Review: Edible Landscaping With a Permaculture Twist