Healthy Self Reliance
Learn how to store your root crops. Don’t lose a single plant to waste by learning how to store them safely and with the most taste intact. Have your fall garden of root crops mature as late as possible by planting as late as possible. Cold weather sweetens the roots and you’ll be putting the …
Ingredients List: 10 garlic scapes. 5 cups of beef broth 1 cup of dry sherry ¼ cup of olive oil French bread, sliced and toasted Grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper Instructions Sauté the garlic in the olive oil until it turns golden. Heat the beef broth with sherry. When the broth reaches the boiling …
Most people think only of pests when they think of insects. But, the beneficial insects found in gardens do not feed on or harm plants. The typical backyard contains hundreds of species of insects, yet only a fraction can even be observed because many are microscopic and/or hidden below ground or within plant tissue. Most …
Everybody’s Favorite Bug! The Lady Bug Works Hard! Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybird beetles, are a very beneficial group of insects. Ladybugs are natural enemies of many insect pests and it has been demonstrated that a single ladybug may consume as many as 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. Ladybug adults have a very …
This is so cool! Rain refreshes the land and nourishes the green landscape. But as houses, stores, schools, roads and parking lots spread and natural tree cover is lost, so is the absorbing effect of vegetation and soil. The welcome rain becomes costly stormwater runoff. Without the benefit of trees and vegetated infrastructure, waterways are …
One of the great benefits of our day and age is that we have so many more ways to one-up the next guy. For example, depending on your perspective and priorities, you can feel better about either sending your child to a public school in need of kids from stable homes or a private school in need of poor kids to help level out the demographics. We do both, which puts our family on a real high horse.
Do you know how to grow green beans? Would you like to know how to grow them? Green beans are a popular, warm-season, home garden vegetable crop. They grow well in most soils. Like most vegetables, green beans grow best in well drained soil and plenty of sunlight. Soil Preparation Work the soil 8 to …
I had a page posted for years that took hours to update once a year. It had been a good resource for years, but due to a comment on an article posted in Death of the Honey Bee our poster shared a website that goes oh so much further, not only helping you find your …
During last year’s site redesign, I found this article written by someone that silently mentored me during the beginning website design years I spend online before 2000’s bust. He is inspirational and his ideas are timeless and don’t require a particular topic to be applicable. Goals, ideas, dreams, whether they are about securing the safe …
Roots of many plants, like carrots are “storage” places, so if you are going to eat them, grow carrots organically. You don’t want icky pesticide poison stored in your food! Okay, so my friend grew up in Mississippi and says “I’ve never seen uglier carrots than you grew last year!” I said, “you are just …