The Benefits Of Mustard In The Garden

Mustard is said to help suppress weed growth and provides a living mulch…

“The advantage of sowing mustard are that it disinfects and regenerates the soil, it stimulates the life of the soil and curbs nematodes, especially potato root eelworm, which is why it is so useful to sow the seed.

It gives the feared nematodes very little chance in the garden.

Its effect on all plant life, including the crucifers, is not negative but positive.”…

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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