Grow Your Own Freedom Garden
Before the government completely takes control of what you eat, learn to be more self-sufficient by growing your own "Freedom Garden."
Buy heirloom seeds. You can save these seeds each year out of the crop you produce and grow food next year. When you buy seeds from commercial seed companies, you are getting hybrid seeds that will not produce the same crop the next year. The following are links to heirloom seed companies. When you harvest your crop, always remember to save enough seeds to plant the following year.
Seed Savers Exchange
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Sustainable Seed Company
My Heirloom Seeds
When To Plant
Visit the United States Arboretum to find out when to plant in your zone. Most seed packets have a similar map on the back. Some vegetables are cool weather vegetables and can be planted earlier than others. For less cold resistant vegetables, make sure all danger of frost is over in your area before you plant.
How to Plant
There are many gardening guides on the Internet for beginning gardeners. Here are links to a few of them:
How to Plant a Garden
How to Take Care of a Vegetable Garden
Once your garden is planted, it will need some special care to keep weeds from taking over and vegetables growing and producing as they should. Click here for some helpful tips.
Enjoying the Harvest
For information on when to harvest vegetables click here.
Visit our Country Kitchen page for information on the nutritional value of vegetables.