Mother Earth News Grow Your Own Food
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Mother Earth News Grow Your Own Food
Instant, No-Dig Garden Beds • Create or expand your food garden with these simple, timesaving techniques.
Choosing a Greenhouse • Grow food for the table—and the spirit—any time of year.
Guide to Organic Pest Control • These 11 products are guaranteed to fend off the 26 most common garden pests, including Japanese beetles, squash bugs, and hornworms.
Seed-Starting Basics • Start seeds yourself to get a jump on the growing season and enjoy unique plant varieties.
Keep Bees, Naturally! • Enjoy the many sweet rewards of beekeeping by learning how to use natural methods to harvest fresh, delicious honey from your own backyard.
Use Cold Frames to Grow More Food • Sow seeds in simple frames to add more than a month to your spring garden season.
21st Century Homestead Food Security • By working with the land, we can produce much of our own food.
Subversive Plots Use Your Garden to Disconnect from Industrial Food • Take control of your food supply, enjoy better flavor and nutrition, and reject a flawed system by growing your own food or buying locally grown fare.
Enjoy Fresh Tomatoes All Year • Harvest a bounty of homegrown tomatoes with these five smart strategies and four special varieties.
From Vine to Vinaigrette • Your increased tomato harvest will no doubt have you searching for new recipes to try. Here are a few to get you started.
Grow Your Own Mushrooms • With the help of a simple do-it-yourself kit, you can harvest lots of fresh, tasty fungi.
The Tips You Need to Grow Great Garlic • Use this season-by-season guide to cultivate a treasure trove of fat, flavor-packed cloves.
All About Growing Kale & Collards
8 Reasons to Eat Your Greens • Plate up flavor, nutrition, and a pop of color by learning to grow and cook with leafy greens.
Grist for Your Mill Heirloom Wheat • Growing and grinding your own grain may be the best thing since sliced bread.
The Curious Creeping Cucumber • This small but mighty cucurbit offers gardeners a unique food that requires minimal care to grow year after year.
Hurrah for Red Raspberries • Raspberry patches offer a sumptuous summer bounty year after year with minimal upkeep.
Bring In Strawberry Season • Learn all about growing and propagating this “berry” tiny yet bountiful fruit.
Indigenous Corn Cultivars • Try your hand at planting these 10 vibrant corn cultivars with roots in Indigenous cultures, and save the seeds for future generations.
Chives and Oregano Herbal Health Allies • Reach no farther than your spice rack to access the array of potent health benefits offered by these common culinary herbs.
Cultivate Buckwheat • Add buckwheat to your crop rotation to enhance your soil, feed your livestock, and reap a hefty honey harvest.
Pick for Peak Flavor • Knowing when to harvest will guarantee the freshest, most flavorful and nutritious produce from your garden.
Easy Ways to Preserve Fresh Food • Pack your pantry with the help of this crop-by-crop guide to food storage.
Dry & Freeze Tomatoes • When your tomato harvest is abundant, try these simple preservation techniques. You’ll be glad you did when a tomato craving hits in December!
Fresh and Local Spring Recipes