Crisis Gardening: How to prepare your garden beds for planting

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the last post in my series on crisis gardening. So far we covered planning how much to grow, choosing the most suitable location for the crisis garden, and designing a crisis garden layout. Now today we’ll talk about garden bed preparations. In this guide, I’ll outline my method for preparing garden beds for planting. This is […]

Crisis garden layout: the three-step permaculture design method

Reading Time: 10 minutes Once you’ve picked the best spot for your crisis garden, it’s time to start working out the specifics of how it’s going to look. You should already have an idea of what you’ll grow and in what amounts, so now let’s see how to lay out the available space. Properly laying out the crisis garden […]

How to choose the best location for your crisis garden (site assessment guide)

Reading Time: 14 minutes Picking the right spot for your crisis garden is crucial to successful crop production. If you plan on growing enough food to feed your family, you want to ensure that there’s no room for a mistake that can put your harvest in jeopardy. Garden locations that can’t provide a supply of essential inputs, that are […]