Two online tools to help determine finer details of your growing season length including first-last frost dates and plant hardiness zones.

What’s it all about? Heirloom vs Hybrid vs Open-pollinated? The answer really is fairly simple. Here’s the type of seed that I like…

Among the many vegetables that are great for a survival garden, this one is pretty easy to grow, and has good balanced nutrition.

The potato is one of the best survival garden foods that you can grow because of their caloric content, lots of potassium and vitamin C.

Just getting started? It’s a great way to do it. Pots and Containers. And best of all, it will work pretty much anywhere you may live.

Food independence goes hand-in-hand with freedom. Free from a collapsing infrastructure during a time of great uncertainty.

A list of gardening calories in vegetables. It’s an important consideration when planning a survival garden to maximize caloric yield.

Add your own suggestions to the list of compost items for your garden soil…

Survival Seeds provide some peace of mind. Having enough for next year, and the year after that…

The many health benefits from eating broccoli. That’s why I grow the plant and eat it regularly. Here’s a list, and photos from my garden.