Category: Growing Food
Firsthand lessons from growing vegetables, fruits, berries, and other food in gardens, greenhouses, orchards, and challenging conditions.
We share what works, what doesn’t, and what we’re learning about soil, irrigation, season extension, conserving water, and producing more of our own food.
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Lessons from trying to turn two acres of Utah desert into a dependable food-producing homestead I Thought Two Acres Would Feed Us When we moved to Riverbed Ranch and began developing our two-acre homestead, I had a pretty ambitious goal. Eventually, I thought we could feed ourselves completely. I didn’t mean that we would somehow…
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We expected a greenhouse and a couple dozen barrels of water to keep our plants above freezing. Our first Utah winter taught us otherwise. Here’s what we learned about thermal mass, row covers, greenhouse design, and the difference between extending the growing season and actually creating a warm winter climate.
