Asparagus and tomatoes are a match made for organic gardens. Both plants release chemicals that ward off the pests of the other. Tomatoes contain solanine, a substance that happens to be toxic to the asparagus beetle. The height of the...
Introducing the egg collection apron! Do you send your kids out to gather eggs, and too often, you end up with upset kids and smashed eggs? Maybe you're always dropping eggs because you're trying to tuck them in your pockets or t-shirt! Maybe...
By: Marjory Wildcraft of GrowYourOwnGroceries.com A friend of mine, Maria, now has a huge bountiful garden. But in the beginning she got started by simply growing a few herbs on a window sill. Just a few simple herbs made a huge...
One of the greatest obstacles to chicken husbandry is protecting your birds from predators. If you want your chickens to enjoy the nutritional benefits of free-range foraging, a chicken tractor is your solution! Chicken tractors can be moved from place...
How many times have you been wandering the garden or out on a hike and saw a plant that you just couldn't identify?  Well, as usual, there's an app for that! Like That Garden takes the guess work out of...
Austin hip-hop artist and Reiki Master Mark Jankins has released a new music video titled "Gardening is Gangsta". The song features kung-fu Master Sifu Paul Davis, who shares Jankins' passion for waking up young people to the importance of food...
This levitating houseplant will add a new twist to your homestead. Powered by two magnets, this Air Bonsai literally holds your small plant in the air like a "little star". The "energy base" is made of hand crafted porcelain that requires...
Walking into the grocery store, gas station, or restaurant, one is presented with a wide variety of food and beverage choices, but most don't realize that the majority of brands can be traced back to just 10 major companies....
How to Actually End World Hunger? With all of the technological advances in the agricultural industry, why are we facing increasing health problems? An even bigger question, why are people still starving to death? If mass production of our food...
From Marjory Wildcraft's GrowYourOwnGroceries.org Growing food in your backyard when its over 100 degrees for more than three months? How do you do that? If you are looking for something more than the usual “mulch and drip irrigation” answer…. Find...
How to Regrow Kitchen Scraps Feel like you never really get your money's worth of lettuce or celery at the store? Why not grow another one out of the scraps! There's more than a few veggies and herbs we can regrow...
You started out with good intentions--wanting to create richer soil for your garden and reduce your waste. Maybe you even bought the pretty compost crock so your old food won't ugly up the counter-top. But alas, creating compost (aka gardener's gold)...