Grow Your Own Food

We can help you start.

You want to grow your own food, and perhaps have one of those food forests or orchards that you have been reading about.

For some of you, the seed has been planted by podcasts, friends, or those pics on social media. It resonates with you and you feel it: “I CAN do this!”

With real world tips on gardening, planting fruit and nut trees, plus our hand selected resources and books – we help you start on your journey to Thriving.

Garden Guides

Start your gardening journey with our Garden Guides here:

How to Plan Your Fall Garden

It's Summer. You may think that gardening season is about over. You can get another...

Creating a New Garden Bed with Milpa

Grow Food, Not Lawns. To create new garden beds from grass, do you use cardboard?...

Your Companion Planting Guide to Deter Pests and Thrive

Which crops you choose to plant next to each other makes a difference. The right...

How to Start Your Garden: Dream, Plan, then Plant

Spring is dawning. Whether you have never gardened before, or you are a green thumb,...

Soil Health is the Foundation of Your Garden

Your guide to building soil health: Compost, amendments, micronutrients. Organic Matter – It’s What Plants...

Homestead Aquaponics, Step by Step – The World’s Greatest Ebb and Flow Bed

Real-world aquaponics. The World's Greatest Ebb and Flow Bed.

The Best Ways to Control Weeds

Let's look at some other options for dealing with weeds, ones that will avoid harsh...

How I Built a Greenhouse from Recycled Windows

Build a greenhouse to extend your growing season with greens in the Winter and start...

Plant Leaf Lettuce to Eat Lettuce All Season

Leaf lettuce is a “cut and come again” crop. You can cut as much as...

Food Forests and Permaculture

Create a perennial paradise with multiple layers of food and low maintenance.

How to Forage and Prepare Nettles

In this article I will show you how to forage, cook, prepare, and store stinging...

Creating a New Garden Bed with Milpa

Grow Food, Not Lawns. To create new garden beds from grass, do you use cardboard?...

How I Created a Food Forest – from Design to Delivery

How to Create a Food Forest. Permaculture Orchard From Design to Delivery.

How I created an Apple Guild – Permaculture

Turn a corner of your garden into Hassle-Free Permaculture Perennial Production

How to Grow Elderberry from Cuttings

Grow elderberry from cuttings - starting in water, starting sideways in a bed of sand,...

How to Save, Store, and Stratify Persimmon Seeds

What can you do with wild persimmons? You can make jelly/jam with the fruit. The...

Vego Garden Modular Metal Raised Bed

Vego Garden Modular Metal Raised Bed (which I will make 5′ x 3.5′, 17″ tall)

Cedar Raised Bed for a Perennial Kitchen Garden

Cedar Raised Bed – 48″ x 13.25″.

I use this for a perennial kitchen garden – growing herbs to use daily in the kitchen. Just come along and pick what you need for tonight’s dinner.

Our Top Gardening Tool

Meadow Creature Broadfork

Meadow Creature Broadfork is THE perfect way to turn over sod, loosen and break up the soil.

Gardening Books

Whether you are a seasoned gardener seeking to expand your knowledge or a new gardener with dreams of lush landscapes, our hand-picked selection of books can help you to Dream, Plan, and then make those Dreams into Reality.