Self sustaining garden

Expert advice on how to establish self-sufficient food production, including guidance on crop rotations, raising livestock and grazing management. Your 1-acre homestead can be divided into land for...

You can create your own food, grow your veggies, raise animals, and even start a business. Become a better homestead with Gently Sustainable.

Here are 28 eye-catching cottage garden ideas to inspire you:

Ever looked at your garden and thought, “Hmm, it’s nice, but it could use some… spice”? Well, you’re not alone! Giving your flower beds a neat edge is like adding the perfect frame to your favorite painting—it turns something just “good” into a sure-fire “wow!”

'No Dig’ gardening, the ingenious, increasingly popular method pioneered by Englishman Charles Dowding, lets you make the most of your vegetable garden—without spending all your time weeding.

Understanding the Edible Forest Garden Concept In a world where food security is increasingly volatile, creating an edible forest garden stands out not only as a sustainable choice but a necessary step towards self-reliance. The fundamental idea is to mimic natural ecosystems focusing predominantly on trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals that can feed you and

Perennial vegetables - crops you can plant once, and harvest year after year - are relatively rare in the plant food world, but save you tonnes of money!

A food forest is all about borrowing the best elements of a forest to create a self-sustaining, healthy food garden to feed you for years to come.

CplusC Architectural Workshop developed a better way for this home to generate energy, grow produce, and efficiently use water.