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How to Make a Homemade Bee Bath If you’re looking for a simple and effective way to support local bee populations, consider adding a homemade bee bath to your garden. Bee baths are easy to make, require only a few materials, and can provide essential water resources for thirsty bees. …

High Yield Tomato Plants: 50-80 lbs per Plant Home grown tomatoes are simply the best. They offer much more flavor than those sold at the grocery stores and even at many markets. Growing your own tomatoes is a great way for you and family to enjoy lots of fresh (and …

50 Deer Resistant Plants Deer can be ruthless if they choose to attack your farm’s produce in our landscape. They would only need a few nights to finish ingesting all the leaves on a whole piece of land. People who live in areas where these animals are numerous have a …

Top 11 Vegetable Plants To Grow in Containers Growing vegetables in containers is ideal for those with little space or want a simple container garden. Most vegetables grow well in containers, but you do have to pick the right plants. You will be surprised at the large amount of food …

10 Steps to Planting Your Square Foot Garden Maybe you are an avid gardener, looking to increase yield despite your limited gardening space. Or maybe you self-identify as gardening challenged and square foot gardening has piqued your interest because it sounds less overwhelming than traditional gardening. Either way, square foot …

8 Essential Wild Edible Plants Eating anything from the wilderness without processing it in some way is usually bad for your health. But there are many edible plants that can actually be healthy for you. Which means it mostly becomes a matter of finding those edible plants that truly make …

How To Protect Your Vegetable Garden From Animals & Pests When you work hard to create a beautiful garden, it’s very important to think about potential pests that can appear as well. There’s no denying that gardens attract all kinds of animals, especially if you grow many vegetables which these …

8 Natural Methods for Banishing Ticks from Your Garden Ticks can be dangerous, carrying diseases that can harm you or your family. Ticks might be small, but the health problems they can carry are not small. Lyme disease happens to be one of the most common infections carried by ticks, …

How To Build The King Of DIY Fly Traps I found this open source article for plans to a fly trap. One of the pictures shows it packed full of flies. Think of what a great source of food this could be for your chickens. I haven’t tried it yet, …

The 10 Best Herbal Healers to Have on Hand As summer slips away and autumn approaches, it brings with it a lot of changes for which we need to prepare. Cooler weather means it’s time to start putting away shorts and tank tops and digging out sweaters and jackets, and …

15 Ways to Use Baking Soda in Your Garden If you are familiar with green living, baking soda is a part of your life. It is a fantastic green cleaner, with dozens of uses around the house. You may not have realized that baking soda can be used in the …

10 Benefits Of Coffee For Your Skin, Hair, And Health People love coffee for its enticing aroma and delicious flavor, not to mention its caffeine, which delivers a much-needed dose of energy that makes it a breakfast staple for many. What most people, including many of coffee’s biggest fans, don’t …