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May 17

Container Gardening for Vegetables- Everything You Need to Know

By Anastasia Sakawsky | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food , Vegetables

Container gardening for vegetables, herbs and flowers isn’t what we typically think of when we imagine growing enough of our own food to take us through a year or do a lot of preserving. Self-sufficiency wise, we think of large fields or at the very least, large garden plots. But container gardening should definitely have […]

Mar 02

Perennial Plants to Increase Food Production with Less Time

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food , Vegetables

Perennial plants can be the secret weapon to increase food production on your homestead with less hands on time. Best part, you can easily sneak them into your landscaping and yard to get a great return and yield of food without nearly the work you’ll put into an annual vegetable garden. But, to get the […]

Mar 13

How to Grow Fruit Trees

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food

Want to grow your own fruit trees? Today we talk about how to grow fruit trees, how to avoid costly mistakes with fruit trees, and how to know which fruits are right for your area and when to plant where you live. I post new episodes on Friday mornings. You can subscribe via RSS and […]

Feb 11

When and How to Plant Fruit Trees

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food

Late winter and early spring are the time to plant fruit trees and bushes. While I love my veggie garden, there is a beauty in only having to plant something once and being able to harvest if for years to come. Can I get a holler? No, sheesh, this is exciting stuff, okay, at least […]

Jan 21

How to Prune Blueberries for a Larger Harvest

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food

How to Prune Blueberries It seems so contradictory to cut off branches in order to get more fruit, but that’s exactly what we need to do with our fruit trees, especially blueberry plants. Pruning blueberries is slightly different than pruning fruit trees, though some of the principals remain the same. I can’t help but think […]

Apr 03

How to Plant Strawberries- 5 Tips to Success

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food

Learn how to plant strawberries with these 5 tips for berry success. Nothing says summer to me quite like a fresh ripe strawberry. They’re as good fresh as they are baked into desserts. And to ensure you have a lovely crop come summer, now is the time to get planting. One of the great things about […]

Mar 07

How to Prune Raspberries

By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food

It’s time to learn how to prune raspberries. Spring is when you want to care for your raspberry and blueberry plants to get them ready for their harvest season come summer. Learn how to prune blueberries for a larger harvest here. How to Prune Raspberries You need to determine which kind of raspberries you […]