by John Johnson | Jun 13, 2023 | Building Garden Beds, conventional gardening, organic gardening
How to Clear a Vegetable Garden Full of Weeds Efficiently and Organically Learn how to clear a vegetable garden full of weeds and then follow gardening best practices so it never gets so bad again. Weeding organically means you are going to be doing real mechanical...
by John Johnson | Mar 29, 2023 | Building Garden Beds
Building Hugelkultur Raised Bed Layers Building hugelkultur raised bed layers in a backyard vegetable garden is a great way to go. This style of garden bed building adds a ton of organic material to the soil. Creates places for moisture to be held late into the year...
by John Johnson | Jun 4, 2022 | Building Garden Beds, conventional gardening, Gardening, organic gardening
Garden Designs for Backyard Gardening A few garden design basics to think about for the urban homesteader to think about it is what type of garden you want. Do you want a food forest with plants intermingled and guilds of dozens of plants together? Or do you want to...
by John Johnson | Oct 17, 2021 | Building Garden Beds, Compost, Gardening, Soil Amendments, Sustainability
How to Build an In-Ground Hugelkultur Garden Bed Building an in-ground hugelkultur garden bed is an interesting garden method for developing very productive gardens. A hugelkultur bed is simply a variety of materials including wood, leafy material, straw, animal...
by John Johnson | Oct 8, 2021 | Building Garden Beds, fruit trees, Mulch
How to get a delivery of wood chips? Learning how to get a delivery of wood chips is a good skill for urban homesteaders building a food forest. There are many ways to get a load of chips delivered to your house. The easiest method if available in your area is...
by John Johnson | Aug 18, 2021 | Building Garden Beds, Gardening, organic gardening
Building Wood Raised Garden Beds Building wood-raised garden beds is a very popular method of backyard gardening. Accordingly, there are many different ways to go about creating an above-ground garden bed. Raised garden beds have a very nice look and appeal to...
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