Convinced you don’t have a green thumb? Tired of having to choose between constant weeding or seeing your plants choked out? Raised garden beds may be the key to your problems, and they’re rather easy to craft. Read on for the why and how of this time- and back-saving garden addition. Benefits While obviously too small for large-plot crops, raised garden beds are perfect … [Read more...] about Raised Garden Beds
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Sweet Sorghum: A Southern Sugar Substitute
If you’re from anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon, you can likely stop reading right now--chances are you could write your own piece on sweet sorghum, and may even have some growing in your yard at this very moment. If this is the first you’re hearing about this sweet little substitute however, read on for some information on how this type of sorghum could fill the sorely missed … [Read more...] about Sweet Sorghum: A Southern Sugar Substitute
How to Prepare Your Soil for Growing Food
Many folks’ idea of gardening is tossing a few seeds on the ground, maybe half-heartedly kicking some dirt overtop, and somehow welcoming a burgeoning load of crops come harvest time. Those same gardeners will bemoan the fact that they simply don’t have a green thumb, when, at the prescribed time, nothing grows. As it turns out, growing greens takes a little more than simply … [Read more...] about How to Prepare Your Soil for Growing Food
