Do you find yourself confused by terms like: hybrid, genetically modified, heirloom, open-pollinated, heritage and microsystem? In this article we will go over some basics that will help clear up some of the confusion. First, let’s look at the difference between a microsystem and an ecosystem. To gardeners an ecosystem would be used to describe…
What is Foraging? First off, you may be wondering, what is foraging and what does it mean? Well according to the Cambridge Dictionary, foraging means to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use for example: The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps. The pigs foraged in the woods for acorns. The chef offers special dishes of wild and foraged foods, including wood pigeon and snails. Spring is a time for rebirth. A call to leave…
This is a guest post. If you would like to guest post on Just Dabbling Along, CLICK HERE. April is, of course, the best month to plant potatoes, and the main crop should be in the ground from between the 1st of April and the middle of May. I always put mine in the ground…
Notice the lowly earthworm, squirming away, going about its everyday business. Simple creatures you may think but they have quite a important use in the garden. Did you know the earthworms are nature’s first gardeners? They don’t exist just for kids to eat and fishermen to use as bait 🙂 Some Basic Earthworm Facts Earthworms…
I’m pretty sure that if you are reading this, you have used some form of mulch during your gardening experience. However, maybe you didn’t know that there are many options for free mulch for your homestead garden that you can explore. These days, many gardeners are discovering new sources of free mulch that have been…
So you want to grow a garden with your kids, but you don’t have a yard to do it in. That means you will need to grow things in containers. But what grows well in containers that’s simple and something kids will enjoy? Simply put, pretty much any vegetable or herb will grow well in…
Composting your kitchen and garden waste is a great way to reduce the amount of waste you dispose of in your garbage bin. By composting your own waste in your backyard, you can accomplish two great outcomes. You can generate a free source of rich compost to help improve your garden, and you can also…
What Is Mulch? Mulch is a term used in the agriculture and gardening industry to refer to a protective layer of covering placed on top of the soil in order to tame the effects of the surrounding climate. Mulch can be a mix of natural or synthetic materials or the combination of both to form…
Permaculture is a method of agriculture which is very different from conventional agriculture. It tends to be more complex and ecologically-oriented than conventional agriculture, and it is very long-term oriented. It involves diversification of crops, growing multiple crops together in the same area, and using more perennial plants. Although the term permaculture is relatively new, originating first…
Grow Food For Free As emerging factors cause people to feel more and more uncertain about the future, the one thing that many people do know, is that the continuous, unbroken reliance on modern conveniences, systems, governments and commerce to provide sustenance might one day be a thing of the past. Author Huw Richards challenged himself…