Category: Self Sufficiency

How to Plant a Perennial Food Garden – 20 Fruits & Veggies That Will Keep Coming Back Year After Year

How to Plant a Perennial Food Garden –  20 Fruits & Veggies That Will Keep Coming Back Year After Year There are many perennials crops that are known and loved by gardeners everywhere, including these common ones: raspberries, blueberries and other berry bushes, rhubarb, kale and horseradish. But there are actually hundreds of perennial fruits and vegetables that will grow in …

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100 Expert Gardening Tips, Ideas and Projects

100 Expert Gardening Tips, Ideas and Project Gardening should be an enjoyable activity, but no matter what, you want your garden to grow healthy and look attractive. This does not come easy. Building and developing a beautiful garden and surrounding area takes time and effort. There are a lot of expert gardening tips a beginner …

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DIY Chicken Nesting Boxes

DIY Chicken Nesting Boxes In case you have limited budget for your birds but have some spare time then you can save money by building custom made nesting boxes instead of purchasing costly one from the market. However you must keep in mind a few basic things about chicken nest boxes; it must be clean, …

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5 Steps to Successful Root Cellaring

5 Steps to Successful Root Cellaring Growing your own food can be very rewarding, especially during the summer months when veggies can be washed, cooked and on the table the very same day they’re picked (nothing fresher than that!). An underground chamber doesn’t see much temperature fluctuation, and during the colder months the conditions within …

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12 Useful Life Hacks For Everyday Situations

12 Useful Life Hacks For Everyday Situations As many of you might know, the term “life hack” refers to anything that solves an everyday problem of a person in a clever or non-obvious way. Life hacks improve our efficiency and help us get things done. Life hacks also help us tackle the everyday problems that …

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