All about Mulch
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What is Mulch and Why Do I Need it in My Garden?

What Is Mulch? Mulch is a term used in the agriculture and gardening industry to refer to a protective layer of covering placed on top of the soil in order to tame the effects of the surrounding climate. Mulch can be a mix of natural or synthetic materials or the combination of both to form…

Grow food for free book review
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Grow Food For Free ~ A Book Review

Grow Food For Free As emerging factors cause people to feel more and more uncertain about the future, the one thing that many people do know, is that the continuous, unbroken reliance on modern conveniences, systems, governments and commerce to provide sustenance might one day be a thing of the past. Author Huw Richards challenged himself…

May 2020 Homestead Garden
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In the Homestead Garden ~ May 2020

Another year of gardening has begun! Well, I guess it has been going for a while, this is just the first chance I’ve had to write about it and share a garden photo tour. What a crazy year this has been so far! Let me start by first saying that I feel so very lucky…

The Secrets to Growing Big Healthy Pumpkins
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The Secrets to Growing Big Healthy Pumpkins

Growing your own pumpkins is really good fun. Watching the vines grow, flowers blossom and tiny little pumpkins form is really exciting. They require between 6 to 8 hours of sunlight a day, rich soil improved with compost and lots of space or something to climb on. They are extremely easy to grow and can…