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10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

DIY $2 self-watering garden bed – Grow produce easily, even in the toughest drought conditions

“When life gives you lemons, share them with neighbors!” enthuses the Food is Free Project, a grassroots organization based out of Austin, Texas. The project isn’t advocating sharing bad luck; instead, it’s championing the idea of connecting neighbors and communities with a bounty of free, homegrown fresh produce. It all began as a single, front […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

The Health Ranger’s guide to raising healthy, happy chickens without antibiotics

Raising chickens is smart. It provides you a healthy supply of food in the form of chicken eggs, and you’ll even have a source of emergency meat if times get really bad. Chickens largely take care of themselves. They’re friendly, curious and smart enough to come running when you call them. They’ll devour scorpions, ticks, […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

Launch a revolution in your backyard with a micro eco-farm

From edible landscaping to biointensive gardening, Americans around the nation are discovering the financial beauty of creating practical solutions to our food woes. Beyond the dangers of GMO’s and industrial farming, a basic fact remains: food costs are skyrocketing. Savvy individuals are recognizing the value in growing their own food to ensure nutritious, organic, and […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

10 tips for companion planting for natural pest control and organic sustainability – Increase vegetable yields and improve flavor

Companion planting for pest control and to encourage plants to grow with more vigor has fascinated men for centuries; however, few backyard gardeners know how to use these natural methods for organic sustainability and how to improve your garden. Plants that work together to help one another grow; plants that repel insects for organic pest […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

The environmental benefits of grass-fed, pasture-rotated cattle

Ever since the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization blamed livestock for 18% of the world’s man-made greenhouse-gas emissions in a 2006 report, the globalists, always looking to use the environmental movement as a power-grabbing scheme, have used the report to further their war against eating meat. They play ‘good-cop’ against the giant factory-farming operations whose […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

10 ways to grow food on a budget

It is spring now, the perfect time to plant those crops, for homegrown, organic, non GMO and pesticide-free food. Gardening can be done anywhere, even sprouts on the kitchen counter. Growing your own food does not have to be expensive. In fact, you can re-grow plants from scraps of fruits and veggies in your kitchen. […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

7 tips for creating a successful organic vegetable garden almost anywhere

There is nothing like enjoying the fruits of your labor, literally! The seeds you just planted turn out as little shoots and flowers until they grow into bulbs and finally young little things waiting for their weaning. Picking the tomatoes and leafy greens you’ve been waiting to grow for weeks, can give you a feeling […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

Score one for the chickens – a small victory in Johnson City, Tennessee

Score one for freedom and grassroots activism. Johnson City, Tennessee commissioners voted 3-2 to amend their current zoning ordinance and allow chickens to be kept as ‘pets’ in residential areas. This reversed a 2010 decision, when officials first considered allowing chickens but decided against it. Emily Katt was so certain they would reverse the ordinance […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

Walking our talk: sustainability in action

I don’t meet all that many people these days who still think that “things are fine” with the US economy – or that “recovery is right around the corner”. The light-bulbs are coming on for people and they are beginning to realize that the current state of affairs is, as David Wann says, the New […]

10/27/2015 / By homesteadingnews

Benefits to composting for organic sustainability in natural vegetable gardens

No one knows who discovered the benefits of composting by planting seeds in the refuse of human, animal, mineral and vegetable waste materials. Regardless of its origin, it’s clear that life grows from death. Drawing new life from the leavings of the past has been happening on earth since the beginning, and mankind can make […]

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