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Introduction to Companion Planting and Crop Rotation

When planning your next garden planting it is wise to reflect on the previous year's crops and where they were planted. It is vital that you are rotating your crops in your zone 1 annual gardens. If your garden features the same plants in the same places year after year, pest pressures will build, soils will become depleted, and disease will run rampant. I rotate my annuals in such a way that the soil and plants benefit. For example, I follow my greedy feeders of nitrogen in the plots where I was growing nitrogen fixing peas and beans.

Introduction to Companion Planting and Crop Rotation

by Phil Williams

5 steps toward going ‘zero waste’ in the kitchen

by JW

Some great tips and ideas to reduce your waste stream in the kitchen and also help with your deep pantry and other resiliency building projects.

http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/5-steps-toward-going-zero-waste-kitchen.html

5 steps toward going ‘zero waste’ in the kitchen

by JW

Some great tips and ideas to reduce your waste stream in the kitchen and also help with your deep pantry and other resiliency building projects.

http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/5-steps-toward-going-zero-waste-kitchen.html

Mulch in the Garden

by Phil Williams

When I first started gardening, I wanted to mulch my garden. Coming from a commercial landscape background, it was something I was used to doing, and I understood the benefits. Then I spoke to a relative who had been gardening far longer than I, and he told me how it would burn up my plants. Being new to gardening, I took his advice. Even though I started my garden with two feet of good compost, by summertime, my soil was compacted, and the humus was gone. Without the protection from mulch, my humus layer eroded away, and the soil became infertile and compacted.

Mulch in the Garden

by Phil Williams

10 Things People Often Forget to Do Until It’s Too Late in an Emergency

by JW

A great list of tasks and things to prep with that often times gets overlooked. Better a year early than a day late.

http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2014/02/17/10-things-people-often-forget-late-emergency/

10 Things People Often Forget to Do Until It’s Too Late in an Emergency

by JW

A great list of tasks and things to prep with that often times gets overlooked. Better a year early than a day late.

http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2014/02/17/10-things-people-often-forget-late-emergency/

5 Tips to Frugally Prepare

by JW

A few great ideas to help save when beginning to prep.

http://www.edthatmatters.com/5-tips-to-frugally-prepare/

Also check out other frugal tips and savings ideas with the Frugal Living Group here at Peak Prosperity.

5 Tips to Frugally Prepare

by JW

A few great ideas to help save when beginning to prep.

http://www.edthatmatters.com/5-tips-to-frugally-prepare/

Also check out other frugal tips and savings ideas with the Frugal Living Group here at Peak Prosperity.

How to make cordage from primitive materials

by JW

Learn from this wonderful video tutorial on how to make cordage from stinging nettles. Also has some great tips on using the fibers around the garden.

http://graywolfsurvival.com/3183/great-bushcraft-video-need-see/

How to make cordage from primitive materials

by JW

Learn from this wonderful video tutorial on how to make cordage from stinging nettles. Also has some great tips on using the fibers around the garden.

http://graywolfsurvival.com/3183/great-bushcraft-video-need-see/

Developing Situational Awareness

by Aaron M

One of the most important aspects of surviving emergencies is your ability to be aware of your surroundings. This is ubiquitously referred to as “Situational Awareness” and is often just referred to as “SA”. Situational awareness is a peculiarity amongst those who prepare – it is both a skill and experience. It has to be developed, like any skill, but the more often you find yourself in dicey scenarios, the more likely you are to pick up on subtleties that are out of place, or inconsistent with the surrounding environment.

Developing Situational Awareness

by Aaron M

Preparedness for Business

by JW

A good list of things to consider for those who own and run their own businesses for more difficult and chaotic times.

http://www.survivopedia.com/shtfbusiness/

Preparedness for Business

by JW

A good list of things to consider for those who own and run their own businesses for more difficult and chaotic times.

http://www.survivopedia.com/shtfbusiness/

Permaculture Zones

by Phil Williams

A major design concept of permaculture is zones. When you are accessing a permaculture site, dividing the property into zones can help you to position certain plants, animals, aquaculture, pasture, orchards, forest, and housing to result in the most positive connections between zones. This process leads to more stacking of functions, and a greater efficiency of the site.

There are (6) zones, starting at zone 0, and ending at zone 5.