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This article delves into the idea of feeding yourself from your own vegetable garden, during hard times or emergencies. Although it is not stated just what these occasions are, I expect it is fairly relevant for the coming times of global upheaval. Although there is much talk of store bought fertilisers, this concept can be easily adapted to organic growing, should the local store be looted, or some such.

Plants are not all the same, and when planting your garden consideration should be taken into what your particular climate range is. Just because you see a particular plant for sale at your local nursery, does not necessarily mean it is well suited to your micro-climate. If you are living in a valley, your micro-climate will differ largely from those people living on a hill – even though you may be within sight of each other.

This article deals with the use of hydrogen peroxide in a hydroponics gardening system, to kill harmful, disease causing anaerobic bacteria and pathanogens. As hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen, this can only be a good thing, as far as disease mitigation goes.

This article is about one man’s first foray into D.I.Y landscape gardening. Telling of his inspiration before and after, how he went about the constuction and his ultimate triumphant results.

Summer gardening, consists in the main, of keeping up the water to your plants. Always a good soaking too, as light watering only brings the roots to the surface where they will be damaged by burning. There is always topping up the mulch at this time, plus general maintenance such as dead-heading the flowers etc.