How to Protect Your Plants From Frost: 10 Foolproof Ways
An unexpected frost can devastate your crops. Learn how to be prepared and what to do if it looks like you’re in for a sudden frost.
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What Should You Do With Your Garden In the Fall? 20 Essential Fall Gardening Tasks
Discover all the essential fall garden tasks you need to complete before the first frosts to make your garden more bountiful and less troublesome next year.
Ants Farming Aphids & What to do About It
Ants farm aphids. It’s weird yet fascinating. And a bit like a miniature horror movie. But it’s a nightmare for gardeners. Learn more here.
How to Grow Strawberries From Scraps
Learn how to grow strawberries from scraps and how to ensure you have a never-ending supply of new plants, year after year.
Growing Spinach: The Ultimate Guide to Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Spinach
Growing spinach is a great way to get huge amounts of this nutritious crop. And if you do it the right way, you’ll be harvesting ALL YEAR. Find out how!
Real Self Sufficiency’s Guide to Seed Starting for Beginners
Seed starting for beginners. The start your plants get determines their health, robustness, and yield. Learn how to give your seeds the best possible start
How to Care For Your Garden Tools
Caring for your garden tools is an essential part of maintaining your growing space, and getting the most from it.
9 Organic Fertilizers to Make at Home – Without Spending a Penny!
Use these organic fertilizers to stop your family consuming harmful chemicals and to produce a high yield of crops!
Companion Planting – The Three Sisters
Learn all about companion planting using the three sisters method and planting corn, beans, and squashes.
10 Ways to Help Save the Bees (and Why it’s So Important)
Did you know that saving the honey bee is crucial? You’ve probably heard or seen lots of stuff about how we need to save the bees. But why are they so important? And how do we help save them? Let’s explore…
Gas Tillers: Real Self-Sufficiency’s Guide to the Best Gas Tillers of 2020
Find out which are the best gas tillers of 2020. We’ve got the best tiller for small gardens, medium-sized vegetable patches, and large homesteads.
Growing Strawberries: The Ultimate Guide to Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Strawberries
Learn how to grow strawberries, which varieties of strawberries to grow, how to care for strawberry plants, and how to harvest with this ultimate guide!
Seed Saving Basics: How to Save Seeds for Beginners
Learn how to save your seeds to save money and become more self-sufficient!
Plant Problems – Onion White Rot
Onion white rot is one of the worst problems in members of the allium family. Read more about the disease and how to stop it from spreading.
Plant Problems: Basil Diseases
Find out more about common basil diseases and find the best ways of avoiding them as well as controlling and treating the problem.
Plant Problems: Bindweed
Bindweed can be a real pain in our gardens. Find out all about this pesky plant and how you can get it under control.
Pest Profiles: The Squash Bug, Anasa tristis
Find out how to identify a squash bug, about their lifestyle, and how to free your plants from this ugly bug.
Plant Problems – Blossom End Rot
Know Your Enemy. Find out all about blossom end rot on your fruit and vegetables and learn how to treat it.
Pest Profiles: Tomato Hornworm
Learn all about the tomato hornworm and how to control it naturally. Save your crops!
10 Fascinating Facts About Slugs
Slugs. Every gardener’s nightmare. Get to know your enemy. Learn some fascinating – and icky – facts about slugs.
How to Control Slugs Naturally
Take back control of your vegetable garden without resorting to harmful chemicals. Find out how to control slugs naturally.
Short on Growing Space? Build a Vertical Garden: Your Very Own Wall Of Bounty
An urban house with a tiny yard? Apartment with a little balcony? Love to grow your own, but don’t have space? Think again! Build a vertical garden!
How to Control Aphids Naturally
Learn how to control aphids naturally for a hearty, healthy garden. take back control and learn how to get rid of aphids today!
12 Best Herbs and Flowers for Companion Planting With Vegetables
Find out which herbs and flowers to companion plant alongside which vegetables to promote healthy growth and high yield and to deter pests.
8 Foods to Regrow From Kitchen Scraps
Find out about how to regrow these 8 foods from your kitchen scraps and save yourself money and reduce your carbon footprint.
6 Genius Ways to Grow Strawberries
Struggle to get a bumper crop of strawberries? Check out these 6 genius ways to grow strawberries!
10 Ingenious Ways to Use Old Coffee Grounds
Don’t just throw away your old coffee grounds – find out how to reuse them!
7 Natural Ways to Keep Spiders Out of Your Home
Use any of our 7 natural ways to keep spiders out of your home to repel those pesky arachnids, without resorting to chemicals.
10 Things To Do In The Garden In Fall and Winter
See our list of 10 vital things to do in the fall and winter garden.