If you cultivate a garden, you know that it can be difficult to gauge the progress of your potatoes. After all, while other crops like pumpkins or tomatoes grow above ground, potatoes grow underground. You won’t know if your potatoes have flourished until it’s time to harvest them. (h/t to GoodHousekeeping.com) Gardening mistakes to avoid when … Continue reading Avoid these common mistakes when growing potatoes
How to start an indoor garden in your apartment
With some creativity and hard work, urban preppers who live in apartments can also enjoy the many benefits of gardening. Indoor gardening is one way to combine nature’s beauty with the comfort of your apartment. Additionally, you can use design opportunities to your advantage and improve your living space with various plants. With a well-thought-out … Continue reading How to start an indoor garden in your apartment
Community gardens: Why urban preppers are building these gardening plots
If you live in the city but you want to start prepping, don’t despair. You can start a kitchen garden in your own home, or you can join other preppers and cultivate a community garden.Community gardens have once again risen in popularity, and this is probably because most city-dwellers live in apartments or skyscrapers, with … Continue reading Community gardens: Why urban preppers are building these gardening plots
Urban gardening survival secrets: some ways to grow food in any city even when your life depends on it
If you want to grow enough food for yourself and your family - enough that can sustain you in hard times - you'd need several acres of prime farmland, right? In a word, no. All you need is some guidance on what to grow and how to grow it, as well as a few trips … Continue reading Urban gardening survival secrets: some ways to grow food in any city even when your life depends on it
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 