Category Archives: Tools & Devices

Make a continuous watering system work for you

[Translate] Making your own rain barrel can help you cut costs in your garden while increasing both the quantity and the quality of your produce. Greg, over at NashVeggie, has put together a pretty nice pictorial of how to make … Continue reading Continue reading

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Welcome, New Gardener

[Translate] With the economic situation what it is, likely there are many first-time or returning gardeners searching the internet for tips this year. That is good. But there are many sites that are long on eye-candy and conjecture and short … Continue reading Continue reading

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FSIS on the alert, but you can do better

[Translate] Sometimes my meat-eating friends like to yank my chain about how hard (they think) it is to grow my own food instead of just toddling off to the supermarket “like a good little Nazi consumer”. Has that ever happened … Continue reading

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