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10/13/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A beginner’s guide to growing your own broccoli

Broccoli is a delicious superfood that offers a lot of health benefits. If you want to plant this cruciferous vegetable in your garden or homestead, here are some tips that you need to keep in mind. Broccoli planting season Broccoli that matures during cool weather yields heads that are sweeter than broccoli harvested during other times of […]

09/26/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

Another reason to grow organic: Plants grow healthier and have a higher nutritional value

A recent study has revealed that organically treating soil will improve its biochemical quality and make it more sustainable in the long run. The study, published in the Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, made use of a field experiment to compare organic and conventional farming. Comparisons were done based on onion yield, biochemical quality, […]

08/10/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A guide on how to use lime essential oil on the homestead

While it isn’t as popular as other oils, lime essential oil has various uses on a homestead. If you’re not familiar with essential oils, they’re the “concentrated form of the chemical constituents naturally found in plants” that give them their medicinal properties. (h/t to Hillsborough-Homesteading.com.) The various uses of lime essential oil Lime essential oil […]

08/09/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Gardening hacks: High-yield strategies to make the most out of your space

You don’t need a large plot of land to have a garden with a high vegetable yield. For productive gardening, you just need to figure out which strategies are best for your garden space. Here are seven high-yield strategies that can help you maximize your garden space. (h/t to GoodHousekeeping.com) (1) Use raised beds with rich soil. […]

08/04/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Go fig-ure: 7 types of figs to add to your garden and how to grow them

Our relationship with the fig tree is one for the books: It’s one of the first crops that we’ve learned to cultivate (predating even wheat), and we’ve been enjoying its sweet, juicy fruit ever since. Of course, the fact that figs are ridiculously easy to propagate could be a significant factor in why our ancestors decided […]

06/27/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Start today: Plant these food-producing trees on your property now

Self-sufficiency is important for preppers. After all, when SHTF, preppers will simply bug in or bug out with the necessary gear and supplies while the rest of the populace runs around panicking. To maintain this habit of self-reliance, most preppers cultivate various vegetables in their gardens. Some even have fruit trees on their property, ensuring that they […]

06/13/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A simple 5-step guide to starting your own vegetable garden

If you have an empty plot of land in your backyard and you’re not sure what to do with it, why not turn it into your very own vegetable garden? Unlike a lawn, which is mostly ornamental, a vegetable garden can provide you with fresh produce. With some hard work and a little research, you can soon […]

06/12/2018 / By Zoey Sky

How to start an indoor garden in your apartment

With some creativity and hard work, urban preppers who live in apartments can also enjoy the many benefits of gardening. Indoor gardening is one way to combine nature’s beauty with the comfort of your apartment. Additionally, you can use design opportunities to your advantage and improve your living space with various plants. With a well-thought-out […]

05/30/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Community gardens: Why urban preppers are building these gardening plots

If you live in the city but you want to start prepping, don’t despair. You can start a kitchen garden in your own home, or you can join other preppers and cultivate a community garden. Community gardens have once again risen in popularity, and this is probably because most city-dwellers live in apartments or skyscrapers, […]

05/18/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Use oregano oil as a natural method to clean food surfaces

Minimize the risk of food poisoning from contaminated food surfaces by using oregano oil. A study published in LWT- Food Science and Technology found that oregano oil helps kill bacteria. In the study, a team of researchers from Federal University of Paraiba in João Pessoa, Brazil analyzed the efficiency of using the essential oil of the oregano […]

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