Homesteading

If not at the top of prepper lists, certainly food stocks are very close.  Most preppers understand the basic necessity for water first, but in short order people are going…

Having a healthy insect population in your garden is a good thing, but when you’re camping you can run into all sorts of things like mosquitoes, flies, spiders, ticks, fleas,…

I am often asked, how much work is it to grow your own food?  The answer is, it is not that much work if  you are worried about eating.  With…

Where’s Calamity been lately? I’ve gotten a few emails lately asking if I’m still going to write here.  Have no fear, I’m still around, and still writing. Things have been…

Weeding. I know, it seems mundane, but it’s a skill that could mean the difference between a bumper crop and a failed crop in your survival garden. This is really…

So there I was, toiling away in garden #3, getting my tomato and pepper transplants tucked in, and my mind wandered a bit. It takes a LOT of ground to…

So we all know where half the fruits and vegetables in the US are grown right? California. Currently experiencing some massive drought problems. You are growing some food this year…

One of the harder lessons to learn as a food grower is how to fit what you want, in the space and time you have. Let’s explore a few of…