Food garden

Permaculture food forests are autopilot gardens that need little human intervention except in the beginning. Here's how to build one.

When I set the goal to eat only the veggies from my garden for a whole year, I had one big problem. I had no idea how many plants we needed to grow for a years worth of food! Since I grow for six people in a 3500 square foot garden with some space allocated for fruits, my amounts needed to be precise.

Plant these veggies once and you can pluck, snip and tear nutrient rich food off all season while your veggies grow back even stronger.

Our dream kitchen garden is practical, prolific, and beautiful. Here are 13 we love–all working gardens, but pretty enough for leisure time, too. Above: Th

Easy Gardening tips! Low maintenance gardening can help busy people still have a garden. Grow low maintenance plants in your garden

Growing even a few of your own fruits and veggies can reduce your carbon footprint. #gardenideas #gardening #gardening #bhg

Use plants, hardscaping, and other backyard landscape design elements such as water features, fencing, and arbors to create privacy and beauty.

Whether you are planting a survival garden out of necessity, preparedness, or simply to become more self reliant, you will appreciate the feeling of security it provides! Learn which plants to select for long term food supplies, nutrition and herbal remedies as well as how to design your garden for sustainability.

When growing a year’s supply of food, most of the time we think of vegetables. In fact, I did a blog post…