GenAcres Homestead

Best NEW Books for Veggie Garden Growers In this current time of food uncertainty, there is no better time to learn how to grow your own food. By learning how to plant a vegetable garden, you can bring fresh, nutritious veggies to your family's table and even have enough surplus to preserve for the future!

  First, here's the proof as promised.  Here's the link to my Blogger.com homepage which shows the current amount of page views.   I have now over 850,000 page views and I am currently getting between the low of 600 and the high of 3,000 page views per day.  My numbers fluctuate because of my seasonal niche of gardening. I chose Blogger.com as my blog publishing service because I found its features easy to use.     Blogger.com  was bought by Google in 2003. The blogs are hosted by Google and generally accessed from a subdomain of blogspot.com.  With the Google name attached to it, I trust Blogger.com will be around for some time. Getting a continual number of page views to your blog, of course, takes time and dedication.  I'm sure there are other ways to get the results you want from your blog, but after some trial and error, I found that the following strategy was what worked for me, and I think it can work for you. So let's get to the marketing strategy. How I got t

    Refreshing Potting Soil Leftover potting soil can look a bit spent after a year or two, but experts agree that it still has life-giving potential, especially if you take the time to condition it properly.  Once you learn the basics of healthy soil, you'll be able to recharge last year's potting soil and save a lot of money by doing so.

Organic Mulch Right from your Yard! If you're looking for an organic approach to your mulch, there are some good substitutes, and some of the ingredients for it can be found right in your own backyard!

Great Gifts for People who Can Food Looking for a great gift for that relative or friend who is into canning food?

Great Gifts for Older Gardeners We all want our older loved ones to keep healthy, and their love of gardening is a great way for them to do so. The rigors of gardening, such as bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, gripping, lifting and the like can be good exercise, but it can also be pretty taxing on an older body.

     Creating a Rock Garden that Rocks -- With Hostas! A rock garden by design is a small plot (usually on a slope or man-made hill) designed to emphasize a variety of rocks, stones, and plants.  Rock gardens can be made to blend into the landscape or they can be a great focal point area. Rocks are naturally beautiful, and with the right planning, your rock garden will look good year-round.