Using Wood Chips in the Garden
Spring is an excellent time of year to add wood chip mulch to your garden, before summer kicks your homesteading
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garden, mulch, permaculture, soil health
Building Soil Quality with Leaves
Most of us are constantly working on increasing the soil quality of our gardens – both the soil nutrients and
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Garden Installation: Part IV
The backyard has taken shape! The concept for the backyard is to create an edible food forest. It’s similar in
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My Current Garden
I remember talking with a silver-haired lady a few years back about gardening. She said she has created eleven gardens
Making Good Garden Soil
A garden is only going to be as good as its soil quality, which is why we gardeners are obsessed
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compost, frugal, garden, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthUse Those Leaves
Piles of leaves under bare trees are becoming a very common sight in our cities at this time of year.
The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part III of III)
Okay, I am tired of sheet mulching. I am going to pretend this is the final chapter of the project,
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compost, garden, modern homesteading, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthThe Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part II of III)
I knew I would be doing all of the sheet mulching alone this weekend. I also knew the weather forecast
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clay, compost, garden, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthThe Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part I of III)
Our plan is to sheet mulch our entire front and backyard. We want to eliminate all of the grass in
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