Gardening

DIY Worm Compost Tower

Nature has blessed humans with many things so that we can survive. Worm composting is a way to breakdown naturally everything that is...

Easy DIY Garden Pest Killer You Can Make At Home

Pests are a great enemy of plants, and as a homesteader, I have not little chance for them in my garden. I often apply pesticides to the garden and...

Stop Doing This To Your Soil Right Now

Gardening doesn't start with the planting of seeds. Prepping the soil and preserving its fertility are two of the most essential things to consider...

11 Ingenious Uses For Eggshells In Your Garden

Eggs are some of the most nutritious food on the planet and a good source of proteins; not to mention that they are loaded with minerals and...

Ingenious Uses For Tomato Leaves You Never Thought Of

Every summer, we gardeners find pride in the abundance of juicy, sweet, and tangy fruit our tomato plants give. Harvest after harvest, we indulge in...

Weed Tea – Turning Unwanted Plants Into Fertilizer

There are some weeds that are more troublesome than others. Thistles and wild oats, for example, die off and break down easily in the compost, but...

10 Things To Plant In The Fall To Harvest In The Dead Of Winter

Winter is something that we have to face. It is a time when we find everything capped with snow and wait for spring to come along so we can get back...

Plant This Vegetable Once and Harvest it For 30+ Years

One of a few plants is a perennial so aggressive that you'll never believe that you haven't already had a garden plot overrun with this wonderful...

How To Harvest Seeds From Plants You Are Already Growing

It’s quite easy to purchase vegetable and flower seeds each year from the local gardening center, nursery, or grocery store. You may not have...

Vinegar+eggshells =?

There are a thousand and one old remedies for plants that look sick, are droopy, or simply aren't doing their very best. Why is that? Because until...

Gardening Mistakes Most Beginners Make

If you are reading this article, then like me, you love to be self-sufficient growing vegetables for your consumption. We are eating poison mostly...

Chicken Friendly Plants To Have In Your Homestead

We love our chickens. They give us hours of endless entertainment. And, they give us an abundance of fresh and nutrient-dense eggs, of course! But...

How To Sprout Seeds To Have Fruit Trees

Seeds play a major role in growing fruit trees for human and animal consumption. This has been so from time immemorial. The happiness you get from...

10 Tomato Growing Tips For Beginners

For those of you growing tomatoes for the first time, it's likely that you've seen a few interesting little problems. Maybe you had tons of flowers...

How To Use Toothpaste For Your Garden

Perhaps the idea of using toothpaste in the garden seems a little strange to you. Trust me, at one point, it was odd for us, too. Nowadays, we use...

DIY Tomato Cage

Gardening is a rewarding activity, but once you dive deeper, you'll realize it comes with its challenges. For example, creating a DIY tomato cage...

Stop Pulling Out This Plant, Do This Instead

It might surprise you to learn just how many valuable plants are growing in the wild just waiting to be found by a savvy forager. In fact, some of...

How To Build The Cheapest Scarecrow

Making a scarecrow can be very interesting and it will definitely come in handy. This is a very easy and low-cost project, you can use materials you...