Gardening And Food Storage
Other Resources
The following is a list of links we believe you'll find useful. They're not listed in any particular order.
Find Heirloom seeds from the U.S. and many places around the world from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
http://www.rareseeds.comHere's an excellent source of heirloom beans and recipes for cooking them.
http://www.ranchogordo.comPinetree Garden Seeds has seeds in smaller packets at lower prices. They're adding more heirloom seeds to their collection.
https://www.superseeds.com/Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offers hundreds of open pollenated varieties, including multiplier onions.
http://www.southernexposure.comUnderwood Gardens is another source of heirloom vegetables and herbs.
http://www.underwoodgardens.com/If you're gardening in containers, check out ContainerSeeds.com.
http://www.containerseeds.com/Find sprouters, organic sprouting seeds, and a wealth of information on sprouting from Sprout People.
http://www.sproutpeople.comGet instructions for the Easy Sprout sprouter.
http://www.sproutpeople.com/devices/print/easysprout.htmlGet instructions to make your own inexpensive, sturdy self-watering planter.
http://www.blindsquirl.comGet free plans for the "Planet Whizbang" wheel hoe with an 8" oscillating stirrup blade. Parts also available.
http://planetwhizbang.comGet hands-on survival gardening instruction for low maintenance, intensive, organic, raised bed gardening.
http://www.gardeningrevolution.comConnect with farmers markets in your area at this site.
http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/Here's a blog with info on storing your own food. There are plenty of recipes as well.
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/Acres USA is the original eco-agricultural bookstore.
http://www.acresusa.comBackwoods Home Magazine publishes an excellent bimonthly magazine on preparedness and offers a number of books and anthologies. Subjects include gardening, canning, raising chickens, and much more.
http://www.backwoodshome.comThe Heirloom Gardener magazine is a no frills quarterly magazine featuring articles about heirloom plants, history, and people.
http://theheirloomgardener.comBack40Books has over 2,500 titles on alternative agriculture, self sufficient living, low tech living, and more.
http://www.back40books.comIf you're needing baby chicks, gamebirds, and poultry supplies, one source is Stromberg's.
http://www.strombergschickens.com/Get the famous eglu for raising backyard chickens. This is also a source for rabbit hutches.
http://www.omlet.us/homepage/homepage.phpGet coops and supplies for raising chickens in your backyard, and order as few as three chickens.
http://www.mypetchicken.com/The Small Farms Conservancy fosters preservation of small farms as well as connecting and educating small scale farmers.
http://www.smallfarmsconservancy.comUrban Farming is a nonprofit organization helping to relieve hunger by setting up community gardens in urban areas.
http://www.urbanfarming.orgGrowing Power Farm is another organization growing food and showing others how, including techniques in aquaponics and redworm culture.
http://www.growingpower.org/Here's a link to a free online community gardening guide.
http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=MP906#WhatECHO helps gardeners and farmers in developing countries to provide food for themselves using low-tech, innovative methods.
http://www.echonet.org/Your nearest Hunters for the Hungry program can be located through the National Rifle Association's clearinghouse.
http://www.nrahq.org/hunting/hunterhungry.asp
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