vegetables

I noticed in December the WalMart canned veggie had pop tops. I thought it was a special promotion (38 cents / can) but the store brand cans still have them. convenient, but I worry they won't store as long. any thoughts?

we have an amazing selection on our freeze-dried food and prices. we do custom orders we just did a 15 pound prime rib sliced in a 2-pound steaks for one of our customers. stop by my store or shoot me a message. Thank you hope to hear from you Scott

Im curious as to what others have to add and help me with, im by no means a farmer, far from it. But I was curious as to what things I could plant, obviously in decent soil, and have them grow with little to no help. I figure if weeds, flowers and other plants can grow on their own and rely on...

I am building a small green house. I thought I would just share my progress as I get it together and useable. I had hoped this vinyl I found at Wal-Mart would work for the covering, but decided against it. I now plan to use a heavy grade construction grade plastic for now. We will see how it...

I see a lot of discussion on the forum about how to start a garden. Do I double dig the soil with a spade, maybe a fork, purchase a tiller, have the neighbor plow the plot? What do I add for amendments? Where do I start? So many questions? If you don't have a plot to start a garden, then...

this is exciting ! I knew some of these & have tried them. I have a pineapple crown growing at the old house we haven't moved yet, so I wonder how it is. Some of them I had no idea about RE-growing ! I have some potatoes I potted on the front porch this year - waiting to see what will...

I went out to Lowes today with the hope of putting together a "start up" vegetable garden. I've got 6 different vegetables spinach, carrots, Jalapeno peppers, broccoli, string beans, and tomatoes. I have no experience with planting but very anxious to learn. I picked up a Burpee Self Watering...

My wife and I are working on our first larger garden in 3 years. We previously lived in Belgium where we had a significant garden with lots of goodies. Living in Washington state, the region is very similar to what we had experienced in Belgium. Therefore, we're planting very similar foods to...

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Perenial food crops have a number of advantages such as only having to plant them once, often being able to multiply your stocks without difficult seed saving etc. my question is what perenial crops are worth growing and why? (idealy suitable for sw england) i know a few: rubbarb- great for...

Just to let everyone here know that I just created a new "Social Group" for those that are, or would be, interested in sharing Heirloom seeds with other members. Hope to see you all there!! http://www.survivalistboards.com/group.php?groupid=169

I thought that I'd start a new thread about gardening in the news. It seems lately I am seeing more articles about food gardening than ever before, obviously due to the renewed interest in food gardening due to the economic troubles. Here's a first post...