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The economy stinks. Finding a good job is nearly impossible. The Stock Market is iffy. Feeding my family can be a struggle. Gas prices are killing me. I need to be prepared for the worst.
Do you identify with any of these?
Seems that our world slowly crumbles around us every day and things get tougher. What would you do if you couldn't run down to the grocery store and pick up food for dinner? Where would you turn?
OK, now that I have your attention and you're probably severely depressed, let's talk about being prepared to feed our families in the most dire of situations. Gardening is an incredible way to save money, eat healthy and prepare for a food disaster as well as a wonderful creative outlet. To help us in our gardening endeavors, SHTF Garden is the place to be. From the absolute novice garden to those growing lush acres of produce, SHTF Garden can help with advice, planning and money saving tips.
This is what the creator of SHTF Garden has to say:
- SHTFGarden.com is two things: it's a website and book-in-progress about gardening when your and your family's lives literally depend on it. It's also a new, unique way to publish a book that could potentially change the publishing paradigm as we know it.
- The publishing plan behind The SHTF Garden is new, unique and exciting. Rather than have the author write a complete book, after months of toil and labor only to find that there are many more months of marketing to be done, and rather than have readers wait months or years for a book to publish - instead of all of that, SHTFGarden.com allows the author (me) to publish his book as it is written while readers get access to each section as it publishes and at a lower cost, once the book is complete, than would have been paid off the shelf.
It's really a great concept! We were able to access SHTF Garden as a member and found the soil preparation tips extremely useful. Our soil is, well, sad. It's more like rocks than soil. We were able to use the chapter on soil preparation to diagnose what our soil needs and help our plants be healthier. There are chapters on growing a fruitful garden in a small space, working with plants indoors in containers (fabulous for apartment dwellers!), all about composting and seedlings.
One of our tomato plants. The soil is not the best and yep, it's weedy too, but I found comfort at SHTFGarden in not being perfect. At least we will have fresh tomatoes!
At SHTFGarden.com you can access some parts of the site not available to the general public with a FREE account or you can subscribe to have full access to everything. Members who sign up for a subscription to SHTFGarden.com today will become honorary Founding Members with a special, very low rate that will never change so long as the account is kept current. Founding Members get access to special items and “thank you” bonuses that others don’t get. The special reduced rate for Founders is only $2.99 per month, 75% off the planned future monthly charge for a subscription.
Aaron at SHTFGarden would like to give one of my readers a complimentary 30-day paid membership! How generous! Here's how to enter...
The giveaway portion of this post is now CLOSED. Congrats to our winner, Valerie @ My-2-cents!
The giveaway portion of this post is now CLOSED. Congrats to our winner, Valerie @ My-2-cents!
MANDATORY ENTRY
*1) Leave us a comment below and let us know what your favorite fresh garden fruit or vegetable is. Easy!
EARN EXTRA ENTRIES, complete as many or as few as you like:
*2) Sign up for a FREE account at SHTFGarden.com. 5 entries! - Leave 5 comments.
*3) Follow @ArtsyChaos on Twitter. Leave a comment and include your twitter name.
*4) Like SHTFGarden on Facebook. Leave a comment with your facebook name (first name, last initial).
*5) Like the Artsy Chaos Facebook fan page. Leave a comment and include your facebook name.
*6) Follow Artsy Chaos with Google Friend Connect (in the right sidebar--->). Let us know you follow.
*7) Tweet this giveaway. Leave the URL to your tweet! You can tweet once daily if you'd like, just come back and leave a comment to let us know. Or, if you'd prefer, share on facebook or another social networking site. Just leave the URL in a comment and let us know (once daily).
Sample tweet:
Attempting to grow a #Garden? Check out: Before the Sh** Hits the Fan... http://t.co/umqqIwC #win a subscription! #shtfgarden #giveaway
Giveaway ends July 8, 2011 at 11:59 pm MST. Be sure to leave your email or have it in your blogger profile so we can find you if you win. Open to the US only, 18+. Winner will be selected by a true random generator. Winner must respond to winning email in 48 hours or a new winner will be selected. This giveaway is in no way associated with Twitter and/or Facebook.
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