Growing bell peppers is an endeavor everyone who is physically able should try. Why? It is, in short, a backyard superfood. In the discussion of superfoods, we often overlook common ….
Author: Samuel
Today’s post is part of The Healthy Home Economist’s blog carnival. Watch out when you learn how to start an organic vegetable garden – next thing you know, you will ….
Garden problems got you down? I got all excited the first time I read about intensive gardening. Growing tons of vegetables in a small space sounded good to me! But ….
The word “survivalist” often conjures up pictures of a man with a long beard living in a small cabin in the middle of nowhere living on weeds and bear meat, ….
The problem with learning how to start a vegetable garden is that most of the books make it sound worse than getting a root canal. So you begin the process ….
Growing a successful organic garden is a little like searching for natural ways to cure mood swings: you know there are several options, but figuring out the best ones, and ….
Why green cleaning? Are conventional cleaners really that bad? Well, let me ask you this question: Say you have a three-year-old who wants to help you clean the toilet. Would ….
An ant invasion is not usually welcomed in your living space, whether inside or out. But knowing the cumulative effects of toxins in the body, you want to avoid using ….
Green cleaning has become all the rage. (Forget baking soda for colds; how about for cleaning almost anything?) Even conventional grocery stores and Big Box discount department stores carry well-known ….
In the ideal world, when you plant your bean seeds and tomato seedlings as you start your garden, the soil is so healthy that pests want nothing to do with ….