Gardening

Soil Prepping Mistakes

Soil prep is well underway throughout most of the country and whether you're getting ready to restore your garden or you're still dreaming of...

What Happens If You Use Powdered Milk To Your Plants

Using powdered milk in your garden can leave you with a very interesting aroma around your raised beds. However, if used properly, you can avoid...

Best Crops For Your Straw Bale Garden

Straw bale gardens are all the rage, especially during the cooler months. Yet so many people contact us to ask what they can grow in them! We...

50 Early Spring Vegetables

Ah, do you feel that? The sun shining down on your face and a brisk breeze in the air? Spring is coming and we're ready for it! Early spring in...

What Happens If You Spray Garlic On Your Plants

Garlic has a rich and delightful flavor. One clove can turn the blandest meal into a gourmet dinner. It also has several health benefits, and...

How To Grow An Emergency Garden

Life is unpredictable; therefore, it is essential that you are always prepared for the worst. One of the most effective ways to prepare for an...

25 Crops You Can Grow In Buckets All Year Round

You don’t need fields to farm. In fact, there are many of the best crops to grow in buckets that allow you to access fresh farm food no matter where...

Cucamelon

Cucamelons, also known as, ‘mini watermelons,’ ‘mouse melons’ and ‘Mexican sour gherkins,’ have been gaining recognition of late because of their...

Square Foot Gardening 101

If you've been looking at various gardening techniques for small areas, you've probably run across the term Square Foot Gardening. Here, we'll...

Read This Before Starting An Indoor Garden

Oh, the weather outside may be frightful and we're yearning for our beautiful greenery and our sunny days already! The thing is, many of us will...

Carrots

Amongst the many vegetables that thrive in a homesteader's garden are carrots. They are delicious and versatile, allowing you to make many...

Vegetables You Can Grow In Your Attic

Today, we're going somewhere we've never gone before. Upstairs. Into the attic. Attics are one of the least-used parts of the house these days,...

Why You Should Bury Your Vegetables In Sand

Perhaps you've managed to produce a ton of carrots this year and you just don't have the room to store them. Maybe your freezer fell through at the...

How To Grow Tomatoes Indoors

It’s pretty standard wisdom that there are few things better tasting than homegrown tomatoes! Granted, some people don’t like tomatoes, but for...

10 Medicinal Seeds You Should Start This Winter

While traditional medicine is effective, one can not ignore the side effects associated with taking man-made medicine. It is a lot safer to use...

How To Grow An Endless Supply Of Potatoes

If there's one thing the Hobbits got right, it's loving potatoes. That's right, I'm a huge fan of a good spud or five. Probably explains why I'm not...

Wild Edibles People Ate During The Great Depression

The Great Depression made things really tough in the US from 1929 to 1941. Around 25% of people didn't have enough food to eat, and they were very...

Why I Stopped Using Raised Beds

That's right, you read the title correctly. This article is about stepping away from raised beds, raised bed culture, and canceling raised beds. Not...

These Are the Veggies You Should Plant This Fall

It's fun to have a million different plants and projects all year long. We're the same way! Here's the thing; depending on where you live, you may...

Fall Container Vegetable Gardening

It's fall, y'all, and we're looking at all of these changing leaves with a mixture of love and dread in our hearts. Sure, our gardens will be fallow...