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A Plan to Grow By: Greenhouse Growing
A greenhouse is one of the best ways to grow healthy, happy veggies and fruits right in your own backyard.
Seedlings, Just Getting Started with Greenhouse Growing
A greenhouse is a beautiful, ideal place for young and vulnerable plants.
7 Top Questions About Gardening for Survivalists
Typical survivalists want to be reliably independent in their food production, and that can be a tall order.
A Fruitful Future for Survivalists
In a long-term survival situation, viable seeds for food crops are worth their weight in gold.
How Should I Grow My Garden for Survival?
People living in the US, Canada, and other wealthy countries are well aware of the health risks of being too comfortable.
The Passive Greenhouse for Survivalists
One of the significant concerns for many preppers and survivalists, is moderate- to long-term loss of municipal services, such as electricity.
Designing a Survivalist Greenhouse
The first thing to do when you begin to plan a greenhouse to supplement your food stores during a potential disaster is to define exactly what you want it to do for you.
Avoiding Hunger During a Disaster
If you’re living in the city or in an apartment building, your options for storing or preparing food may be limited by space or by practical safety precautions.
Food Shortages When Disaster Hits
Developing a robust emergency plan and making deliberate preparations is your best strategy for survival
Safe Spaces for Survivalists: Urban, Rural, or Remote?
If you live in a large, congested city, survival planning will look very different than for those living in remote areas.
Food Crisis: It’s Not Just Your Imagination
Food scarcity, hunger, famine. These words are becoming increasingly familiar in everything from news reports to social media to friendly gatherings with friends and family.
Who Are Survivalists?
Survivalists, or preppers, are a varied group of people who, operating under differing philosophies and methods, are committed to proactively preparing for emergencies.
Choosing Fruits and Herbs; Selecting Seeds for Food Shortages
When you’re choosing your seeds it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the profusion of seed catalogs
What Vegetables Should I Plant for a Food Shortage?
It’s a good idea to plant a variety of colorful vegetables that are relatively easy to grow, prolific, and easy to store.
How Do I Operate a Greenhouse When an Emergency Occurs?
Emergencies that can trigger food shortages can come in a multitude of forms
How Do I Set Up a Greenhouse for Food Emergencies?
Here in the US, we don’t really spend time imagining serious food shortages affecting our daily life
How Can I Prepare for Food Shortages?
When preparing for food shortages, it’s important to define whether you’re considering a short (no more than a few days) or long (perhaps months) period of shortage.
What Food Shortages Are Upcoming?
In 2022, a wide variety of products are increasingly difficult to find
Hunger or War: What Comes First?
It has become a seldom-examined truism that global food crises don’t really exist
Aren’t There Solutions to Food Shortages?
For the average US consumer contemplating the specter of a significant food shortage affecting their life, it’s understandable to be somewhat indifferent.
Food Shortages, isn’t it Just a Problem of Distribution and Access?
It’s comforting to think that the specter of serious food shortages will fade as the risks from COVID diminish over time, but that’s wishful thinking.
Are Food Shortages Really a Problem in the US?
Could food production or packaging companies shut down?
The Growing Value of Building New Greenhouses at State Prisons
State prisons across the country are focusing on ways to improve and reform the correctional experience, both for the benefit of the prison population and the community around each facility.
Maintenance Tips to Control Commercial Greenhouse Operation Costs
It’s not enough to simply put together a great greenhouse and then turn a steady profit from it year after year with no further work.