The Dow Dominion

Winter Sowing Here's a brief summary on how winter sowing may improve your self-reliance . Winter sowing allows you to start a large amount of plants from seed with reduced costs and work compared to growing seedlings indoors. Reduces trash that ends up in landfill by using common, recycled materials. Eliminates risk of plant death to overexposure (transplants are already hardened from sun/wind burn and some cold snaps), and reduces risk of pest problems. A passive approach makes winter sowing easy and generally problem-free . Last month, I began recording my progress towards self-reliance with an article about high-efficiency artificial lighting for decreased home energy consumption.  Today,  I am going to change gears a bit and talk about an important part of creating a sustainable and reliable food supply. In order to be released from the choke hold of the modern grocery store, one must somehow provide themselves the bulk of their caloric needs from their own