Front-yard gardens can involve an initial expense, Halifax author Ms. Jabbour cautioned: Think seeds, soil, costly raised beds made of cedar and galvanized metal troughs. Eventually it pays off, ...

Self-sufficient — or self-reliant — gardening usually refers to the practice of growing as much food as a household consumes in a year as possible. It can also refer to a garden that uses ...

To be truly self-reliant, we must stand up to this tendency, and be able to say, “I disagree with you” when we do, or “I dislike my life” when, deep down, we know this to be true. 8.

Growing up, Nancy Churchill always wanted to live in the woods. With her sons grown, she has found a self-sufficient lifestyle on a small farm in Port Rexton.