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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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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The problem with growing fruit trees from seeds is that it may take very long to bear fruits – some times more than ten years – and there is no guarantee that the fruits will taste same as the one from which you got the seeds.

Air-layering is one method of propagating a fruit tree from an existing one, which will bear fruits sooner, and the fruits will taste same as the mother-plant.

Propagation Of Fruit Bearing Trees By Air-Layering

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