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DIY Garden Bed Enclosure

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Have you ever gone out to check on your vegetables and plants, only to fins something has ate them? I know I sure have! Thank god, there is a simple way to stop those pesky animals from ruining your crop. Build a bed enclosure.

This project is really simple to do and even looks really nice and professional. I would even hang some solar lights on them so they are a feature to look at at night, but Im a night owl, so im probably the only one that would ever think of that.

DIY Garden Bed Enclosure

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How to Make Homemade Plant Food

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Plant food can be very expensive and hold lots of harsh chemicals that can be harmful to animals. Stop spending lots of money and become more frugal, make your own. It really is very simple and cheap to do!

I found a great recipe over at creative homemaking, they show you a few ways to make your own plant food, click the link below to see

How to Make Homemade Plant Food 

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Gardening For Survival

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Times being what they are we’re all trying to save a little money. Here’s some tips on how to stretch that dollar even further with a home garden. The ultimate in self-sufficiency in terms of food is, of course, to grow it yourself.

I have read many articles lately inferring preppers should buy seeds packaged for long term storage so that when SHTF they can dig up part of the lawn and grow their own food. Click the link below to see the original article

Gardening For Survival

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Canning 101 – Orange Marmalade Recipe

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Any citrus fruit can be used for making marmalade. Bitter or sweet oranges, lemons, grapefruit, tangerines, satsumas and ugli fruit, on their own or in various combinations.

Flavorings such as ginger, whisky, rum, brandy, treacle and apricots can be added but the citrus flavor must predominate. See how to make some below.

Canning 101 – Orange Marmalade Recipe

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10 Natural Organic Fertilizer Recipes

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Some fertilizers come in big 50 pound bags you find down at the local garden center and are nearly always full of harmful chemicals for animals or water supplies,did you know they can be hiding right inside your house.

Over at the Home Grown Fun website they have a list of 10 natural, organic fertilizer recipes. Click the link below to see all 10 natural organic fertilizer recipes.

10 Natural Organic Fertilizer Recipes

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Tips For Freezing, Pickling, Making Sauces And More With Your Summer Produce

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Now is the time to preserve some of the season’s gems like tomatoes, peaches, corn, and peppers. Preserving isn’t just about canning, though. There are lots of ways to preserve your fruits and veggies.

 There are lots of ways to preserve your fruits and veggies so don’t waste all of your time, effort and money by not preserving. Click the link below to see all of the tips today!

 Tips For Freezing, Pickling, Making Sauces And More With Your Summer Produce

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16 Foods That Will Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps

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Did you know that you can regrow food from the food you already have? We constantly have green onions regrowing from the root ends… If you start to regrow your own food, this will save some money over the year; sure, you’re not going to feed the family on them, but every little bit helps save some money.

Some of these are more fun to do with the kids, rather than being useful for eating, but some of these can genuinely produce extra edible food from their scraps. To see all of the 16 foods, click below.

16 Foods That’ll Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps

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How To Grow Dirt Free Potatoes

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Growing potatoes at home has become an exemplar of healthy eating and self-sufficiency. You get access to your favorite tasting varieties for cooking, plus unusual varieties available to gardeners. And when they’re expensive to buy from the stores, you’ll have your own crisp fresh new potatoes.

This is a great way to grow potatoes as it doesn’t matter what type of soil you have. So put away the hoe and leave the tiller in the shed. Just grab your gloves, a bale of hay and you’re ready to grow

How To Grow Dirt Free Potatoes 

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How to Farm in the City; Urban Homesteading

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Most of us could “farm” right where we are now, using the resources we have available to us. We don’t because of our fears, our misconceptions and our lack of education on the subject.

This will be your only way to survive if SHTF, learn how to homestead in the city and become more self sufficient, start small, learn new skills and you will be more self sufficient in no time. click the link below to see the full article on how to farm in the city.

How to Farm in the City; Urban Homesteading

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DIY Self Watering Alaska Grow Buckets

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The Alaska Grow Bucket is the easiest self-watering container system that anyone can use to grow their own food. Alaska Grow Buckets use capillary action of a soil-less grow-medium to draw water from below up to the plant roots. The good thing about this design is there is no pumps, no electricity and best of all, you grow your own food. Become more self reliant and build one this summer.

I think these self-watering buckets will be excellent for growing tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and peppers

DIY Self Watering Alaska Grow Buckets

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