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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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How To Build The Ultimate Tomato Or Pepper Cage For Under $2….The Stake-A-Cage

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The support of a 4′ long wooden stake – attached to an open-faced wire mesh grid. Strong and durable and cheap! It combines the durability of staking tomatoes with the ease of a cage.

 Better yet, by keeping the wire grid flat and not making a true cage – you can tie your tomatoes easily to the grid – and when it comes time to pick – you won’t have to reach through the cages to get to the goods. click the link below to see the full article and see how you can make your own ” Stake A Cage”

How To Build The Ultimate Tomato Or Pepper Cage For Under $2….The Stake-A-Cage

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DIY Grain Thresher – How To Thresh Grains At Home

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There are several ways to thresh grains so they are usable for bread, etc. Small-scale threshing can be done by hand as needed. You can also make a small machine that does it for you, relatively cheap to make and very efficient.

One thing to remember too is that you have to have the right grain. Some grains are easier to thresh than others, get all the know how by clicking the link below and reading the full article. Great ideas and info.

DIY Grain Thresher – How To Thresh Grains At Home

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DIY PVC Square Foot Water Sprinkler

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Firstly, check out our previous post: Square Foot Gardening… Vegetables Just Got a Whole Lot Easier (THIS post will make a lot more sense then!)

If you want to build a square foot garden or you already have one, this DIY PVC sprinkler project is a perfect addition to your garden. It will ensure all of the square footage is watered and you can control how much water you sprinkle depending on how big you make the water holes.

This will cost very little to make and will give your vegetables the valuable water they need with out over soaking the bed. Click the link below to see how to make your very own.

DIY PVC Square Foot Water Sprinkler 

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How To Build Your Own Keyhole Garden

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The Keyhole Garden concept is brilliantly simple. A circular raised bed has a center compost basket that distributes nutrients to the surrounding  garden bed. A small pie-slice section of the bed is used for easy access to the center compost basket forming the keyhole design

Kitchen and garden waste, along with household gray water, are added to the center basket. The soil bed layers are slightly sloped away from the center to aid water and”compost tea”distribution. As the materials decompose, soil, composting materials, and amendments are added to the bed in later growing seasons

Build Your Own Keyhole Garden

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How To Grow Your Own Ginger At Home

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You can get started using store bought ginger root. And you can easily grow ginger in pots or tubs, so growing ginger indoors is a possibility in cooler climates, so growing this is really cheap.

Ginger’s most well-known medicinal use is as a digestive-aid, to relieve tummy pain, nausea and diarrhea, as well as morning sickness and travel sickness. Plus if you grow your own you know its organic.

How To Grow Your Own Ginger At Home

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How To Build And Maintain A Worm Compost Bin In The House

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Having a worm compost bin is also called vermicomposting, and it’s done with red wrigglers, or Eisenia fetida. In case their wriggly cuteness isn’t reason enough, they offer some of the richest compost available, and a great way to deal with your kitchen scraps without leaving the kitchen, especially if you don’t have space for an outdoor compost pile.

Even a small amount of worm bin compost, or castings, is a huge benefit in creating a healthy organic garden. Also if it hits the fan you could always eat the worms for much needed protein.

How To Build And Maintain A Worm Compost Bin In The House

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DIY – Strong Trellis For Heavy Vegetables And Strong Winds

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If you have been a gardener for years you may know that trellis can be flimsy, break or quite literally blow away. So if yo are new or an avid gardener, I have found a great article showing you how to make a strong trellis that can not only support the weight of heavy vegetables such as squash and melon.

Here is how to build a simple arched trellis that will be very strong as well as beautiful. You will leave this trellis in place all year around.

DIY – Strong Trellis For Heavy Vegetables And Strong Winds

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Homemade Monster Tomato Fertilizer Recipe

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Do you want to use natural fertilizer on your plants and vegetables? I know I do. I found a great article showing you the recipe for “monster tomato fertilizer” I know I will be trying this. Its really simple to make and all natural.

I’m thinking about using this recipe on my flowers too, see if i can win any competitions.

Homemade Monster Tomato Fertilizer Recipe

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