Here are some of the items I have identified as important for gardening and preserving your harvest.  Check to see what you already have, then start to add the others into your supply.   Tools: Pitchfork (for turning compost) Hoe Angle grinder or Metal File (for sharpening tools) Metal Rake Shovel (multiple) Hand Rake Hand […]

These handouts are full of great tips for understanding how to amend your soil and add nutrients back in. Reading a Fertilizer Label Soil Ammendments     For more informtion check out: http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenprimer/ht/fertilizerlabel.htm http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/altsoil.html

This handout also includes a great list of heirloom plants to start with! Why Grow Heirloom Plants   Check out: http://hgic.clemson.edu  for more!

The link below is a good overview on how exactly to take cuttings.  Try it and you will see how simple it is.  If it seems at all confusing, there are many videos on YouTube, and hopefully soon I will put together my own video for this website! How to take cuttings

For all of you who attended my classes this weekend at the Oregon City Emergency Prep Fair, I was privileged to meet you all and I hope I inspired you to work on your own garden. Besides having a source of food and even medicinal plants in an emergency, growing food in your own garden provides you […]

To the inexperienced gardener, you may believe that the seeds you buy from the store or collect yourself are good only for one growing season.  They even put an expiration date on most seed packets that is often for that same year.  But, the secret truth is that seeds have the ability to last an […]

As you may have noticed, I have been off playing this summer, but now that I am back expect more great advice and tips to keep coming.

Dealing with harmful insects and pests in your garden can sometimes be a daunting task.  A major factor being that, since this is your food, use of insecticides and pesticides and can prove more harmful than helpful.  Generalized spraying of chemicals in your garden can transfer toxins straight to you, as well as killing off […]

I selfishly almost don’t want to give this out, but I can’t in all consciousness hold back such an amazing source for Tomato plants.  I have bought my Tomato plants exclusively from this grower for years and I have never seen their equal. The plants they produce are of the utmost quality and they carry […]

Sometimes trying to plant the teeny tiniest of seeds can prove to be more than frustrating.  Not only do you waste a good portion of the seeds by dropping them too close together (or even where they are not meant to be at all) but, you cause yourself additional work later by having to thin […]