Homesteading

How to Build a Cold Frame Out of Pallets | Roots & Boots

How to Build a Cold Frame Out of Pallets

Did you know you can build a cold frame out of pallets for next to nothing?

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How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds | Roots & Boots

How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds for Replanting and Gift-Giving

Did you grow sunflowers this year?  Now is the time to harvest sunflower seeds for next year!  Collecting seeds from your own sunflowers is super easy. Homegrown sunflower seeds make great gifts, and saving your own seeds will free up  a bit of room in your gardening budget for next year.

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Organic Gardening: Want Better Veggies? Try Companion Plants!

Organic Gardening: Want Better Veggies? Try Companion Plants!

Avoiding all chemicals on your veggie crops can be a challenge, but it can be done.  We haven’t used chemicals in our garden in years!  One of the best tricks for the organic vegetable gardener is companion planting. 

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Guinea Coop

This Year’s Garden Experiment: A Headless Chicken & The Great Guinea Massacre

Warning: The following tale is not for the faint of heart. As you might have guessed from the title, it involves murdered birds and decapitated chickens.  Blood and guts.  Feathers and more feathers.

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