Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2014

How to Build a Backyard Garden, grow your own fresh foods to eat and store.


Home Garden
Let’s assume that you have a relatively large backyard, with anywhere from as little as 200 square feet to as much as 2000 square feet that you want to use for your garden.

There are a few things I can tell you that will help you build a garden that produces abundant crops of your favorite foods and herbs, efficiently and with minimal problems.

And yes, I said crops.
Once you get to this size of garden space available, you will be able to grow enough of your favorite foods to not only feed yourself and your family but also be able to can, freeze and store some for later use.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Re-Use your Wood fire Ash, how to replenish your compost pile or Garden

Open Fire Wood Ash

Many people complain as they clean out their fireplace or wood stove. What a pain, right?

It's just ashes, Right?

Well, those ashes are full of nutrients that can improve any Compost pile and even help in a number of ways to improve your gardens health.

The ash from a wood fire will still contain the nutrients in the wood that was burned and these ashes will also contain significant amounts of Potassium.