If you are planning your garden as a way to sustain yourself then careful planning is needed. If you don’t eat complete proteins then you will actually starve even if you are getting fat from eating lots of carbohydrates. Normally a vegetarian diet requires more than just a hobby garden. It requires understanding of the nutrients that you can get from a plant based diet.
Remember that harvest time is normally in the fall that means …
Onions are a vegetable that every gardener likes to grow. They can be used in so many different recipes and are probably the most popular seasoning after salt and pepper. The problem with onions is the time that they take to grow. From the time that they sprout until the bulb gets about as big as your thumb can be many weeks and even in warmer areas harvest is normally at the end of …
If you ask anyone that has been gardening for many years they will say that it is a year round job no matter where they might be located. There are plenty of things that can be done even in the coldest months and you will find that there are times in the summer when you might not be spending every day working in your garden.
With that said there is a time in late winter …
One thing that is on everyone’s mind these days is the production of eggs by their chicken. There are a number of natural reasons that your Chicken have lower production and in this How To we will look at what you can do to understand these factors and how you can improve the egg production of your flock.
Chickens both for eggs and meat are a primary food source for the world. They …
If you are thinking about living the dream of homesteading its really nothing to take for granted. The first thing you will find out is that it is much harder and there are more things involved than you ever considered. Even if you try to plan the best you can you are likely to fall very short of your goals and this can lead to disappointment which might result in you walking …
I was just thinking that there are probably 5 different things that we all should learn to cook as adults. I am a single guy so if I want to eat something other than prepackaged food or fast food all of which is 10 times more expensive then I needed to learn how to cook. Being a good cook just means practicing. Some things you get lucky at and just get right …
Thinking about buying a laptop but its not an easy decision? Don’t think you are alone even if you have a pretty good grasp on desktop technology the options you have for a Laptop make the decision much harder. First we will break it down on the main tiers of hardware you will have and then we will talk about why you really need to define your use of a laptop to …
Most people get sold on the idea of metal over other roofing materials because it is said to have an average life of 50 years or more. The truth is that before 50 years go past you will begin having problems with your roof. This can happen almost immediately if your roof was installed incorrectly or you might last five, ten or even twenty years before you find problems that need fixing.
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There seems to be a large contingent of homesteader gardeners that are pushing some really low quality farming methods to the general public. I don’t say this lightly because I understand that they are doing what they think is right but at the same time they are ignoring everything that has came before and most of all discounting commercial farming methods that feed the world.
Commercial Farming has thousands of years to draw …
Most people have a dozen or more projects that need to get done around their home. They can range from major expensive things like adding a deck or shed or painting your entire house or they can be small things like repairing a leaking toilet or adding a shelf. Often we can get thrown off track by the magnitude and expense but with some simple planning and being willing to act when …