If you are thinking about getting a chicken but not sure consider a bantam chicken. Now, they are not great producers of eggs, they are behind the norm, but they make great pets if that is what you are looking for. Bantam chickens are motherly in nature and are cute to look at. They are [...]
Archive for August, 2009
So you planted your seeds in peat pods a long time ago and cared for them daily. You watched them grow and transplanted them to a bigger pot when you saw the first leaf. Months passed and you watched it get bigger and bigger until you finally saw a bloom and then you knew… tomatoes [...]
categories: Cook and Store Food
Many people are used to planting in the ground and find the concept of container gardening more restricting than beneficial. These 4 container gardening tips are aimed to show you why it is actually the other way around. How containers are actually much more effective than in the ground gardens for many people. Container Gardening [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening
A big part of living self sufficiently is to have your own source of income, this means finding a self employed idea that will work for you. Everyone is a little different in regards to their skill set, health, and business sense but there is a self employed idea out there for everyone if they [...]
categories: Living off the Grid
Going to the living self sufficient theme, the question is always asked, why pay for it when you can do it yourself regardless of where you live. This idea goes well with eggs and so why not have your own city chicken to produce for you. City chickens are a pet with benefits. Sure goldfish [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening
The old cliché about the early bird catching the worm may not apply to gardening but the earlier you plant garden, the earlier you can harvest your crop so I am going with it. Now learning when is it too early to plant garden or in some cases, too late to plant garden comes with [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening
