How to prepare your family to survive and thrive in todays uncertain world
Someone asked me recently about growing potatoes in tires, and if it was a good method. It is! And so I figured I’d write about it with some details. The general idea here is that a potato plant will throw roots (potatoes) when the stalk is covered. The stalk will continue to grow as well. [...]
Well, it seems that we’re destined to move sometime in the next couple of months. So the question is where to. A side effect of this is that it’s kinda pointless to put in a garden this year. So scratch that. I’m pretty bummed out, because it’s something we enjoy doing. But with the time [...]
So I don’t know about you guys, but the weather here this spring has been wet, wet, and more wet. And windy. And not much sun. Normally we’d have more sun right about now, and this pattern that we’re seeing now is definitely impacting the garden plans. So what options do you have for getting [...]
This weekend in preparation for getting our starts going we put together a grow box. A grow box in its basic form is a controlled environment for starting (and growing) plants. There’s quite a few different way to make one, including a real box that’s dedicated, or a temporary setup on a shelf somewhere. The [...]
Ok … so this evening we managed to finish mixing the soil block mix, so I figured I’d share the process and recipe we’re starting off with. First, I promised a picture of the soil screen that I put together. Here’s a shot … ignore “Mr Slow Man” there on the side. I forgot to [...]
So I should first apologize for not writing on Monday and Tuesday … I’ve been pretty sick and just wasn’t up to it. But I’m feeling better! Unfortunately being sick shot my plans of getting the soil blocks done and some of the starts going. But I did do some of that work today. One [...]
Last week I talked about how I’m going to be using soil cubes to start my plants this year. I got the soil cube tool from Clayton at Deeply Rooted Organics. My first thought upon unpacking the box was “Nice build quality” … Each tool is built by hand, and Clayton clearly has talent in [...]
Well, it’s that time again. Time to start getting seeds going. Now technically I should have already started some, but I haven’t had any time so I’m slacking off a tad. But this weekend we’ll start getting things going, and hopefully we’ll have the kind of results we want. However, the big question is how [...]
Normally I’d have a review of a book or tool or something, but since the USDA came out with a new hardiness map recently I thought I’d talk about it briefly. The interactive tool is pretty awesome. You can put in your zip code and then find your exact location. A simple click will tell [...]
Since garden season is coming closer every day, and in some parts of the country has already started, I thought I’d throw out a list of good places to get quality seeds. These seeds aren’t your average hardware store seed, but are high quality seeds. Most of these places have both open pollinated and heirloom [...]
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