Gardening

7 Things You Should Never Compost: You’ll Regret It Later

Composting is a great technique to cut waste, enhance soil health, and create nutrient-rich compost for gardening. Not all items, however, can be...

If You Grow This In Your Garden, You Will Never Starve

Have you ever thought about what could happen if the earth ran out of food? Of course, most of us would all starve! A good gardener who knows how to...

How To Graft Your Fruit Trees This Spring

When it comes to fruit trees, grafting is simply a way of life. In fact, if you take a look at the fruit trees springing up at your local nursery...

What Happens If You Plant An Egg In Your Garden

It might sound a bit like Jack and the Beanstalk, but some gardeners talk about planting eggs in their garden, especially for their tomato plants....

What Happens If You Bury These In Your Garden

Perhaps you have heard that burying things in your garden has benefits, but you might not know the extent of these benefits or, perhaps, even know...

You Should Never Plant This Near Your House

I often see people post pictures of this plant on social media, asking what this plant is, and it drives me nuts! Wisteria is pretty, yes! But not...

Peppers

Peppers are versatile and satisfying vegetables to grow on a homestead. Whether you’re looking to sell them or add some flavor and zest to your...

What Happens If You Sprinkle Cinnamon In Your Garden

Cinnamon may be one of those things that you associate only with a warm oatmeal breakfast, or perhaps a cinnamon bun in the mornings (or any time of...

12 Plants You Should Grow Together

The prettiest gardens are the one that are most diverse. Usually a riot of colors with little gems hidden between the foliage – be it a culinary...

The Super Plant You Should Grow In Your Backyard

Most of us look for natural, organic and DIY remedies when it comes to looking after the health of our garden. Pest control using kitchen...

This Is Why You Should Grow Living Mulch In Your Garden

If you ask homesteaders what they least like about gardening, they would most likely say weeding, weeding, and more weeding. Yes, that’s right! So,...

I Used Beer In My Gardening Routine

Beer has a lot more uses than just as a refresher during a long gardening session – I have recently been using it in my garden as well! Alongside...

What To Do In Your Garden Right Now

When wintertime hits and the warm weather disappears, it is so easy to completely forget that your garden exists. With the bitter winds and maybe...

Vegetables You Didn’t Know You Could Turn Into Remedies

We’ve all heard the saying, “Let food be thy medicine,” by Hippocrates, a Greek physician known as, ‘The Father of Medicine.’ He believed food had...

How To Prepare Your Spring Garden Starting This Winter

Oh, the weather outside's still frightful. But planning a garden is so delightful. And so long as every seed catalog website is having huge sales-...

7 Unexpected Things You Can Turn Into Compost

So we know a few tips about reducing waste, since everyone wants to be more sustainable. In this modern world where pollution is a huge part of our...

Cold-Weather Crops Care

Plummeting temperatures and shorter days are definitely reasons to be spending more time indoors, and the garden gets a back seat as far as daily...

Do This By March

If you’re anything like our household, things get pretty quiet on our property in the months of December and January. During this time, we focus on...