Photo by Ganapathy Kumar / Unsplash Gardening by the Moon The basic idea behind Gardening by the Moon is that the cycles of the Moon affect plant growth. Just as the Moon's gravitational pull causes tides. Folklore says the moon can affect plants growing in the...
Organic gardeners can avert a great many crop ailments and pests by using thoughtful companion planting. The chart below, which includes information found in one of my favorite garden resource books, The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward C. Companion Planting...
What we might think of as survival techniques were just basic life skills for our ancestors. The more I learn about how our forebears lived, the I admire them. While they might be lost in today's world of smartphones and the Internet, they possessed a far greater...
In the early 20th century, through both World Wars, Americans were encouraged to plant Victory Gardens to both offset the food shortages brought about by wartime, as well as to boost morale. All About Victory Gardens Gardening as a patriotic duty, as well as...
These are reusable cloth pads for girls in the 10 to 14 age group for their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. These can quite literally change a girl's life. In many countries in Africa, for instance, girls will have to miss school every week that they have...
Editor's note: A retired Master Gunnery Sergeant in the USMC, Phil Molloy is the epitome of resourcefulness and preparedness, and always the first to respond in the event of any emergency or natural disaster. He has been sending out a Hurricane Preparedness beacon...
