If you like to eat avocados, you may have wondered what to do with the pits or seeds inside them. As you may have discovered, these take a long while …

Are you prepared to be without modern day conveniences in an emergency? If not, the time to get prepared is now, because you just never know when your situation could …

If you plan your garden well, growing vegetables isn’t only a summer activity. In order to make the most of the growing space you have available, you can think about …

Having a few house plants around your place can improve the air quality and bring a sense of the outdoors inside. They do wonders to make a space comfier and …

Growing up, I have fond memories of my dad making simple but delicious meals. Steak with a side of plain elbow macaroni swimming in butter and salt and pepper. Or …

Very soon, we’ll gather with our families to give thanks for all the good in our lives. We’ll gather around the table and consume a meal that took hours to …

Call them hazelnuts in raw honey, honey-marinated roasted nuts or simply nuts in honey; the end result will always be a spoonful of pure yum. When making hazelnuts in honey, …

Native to the Middle East, the pistachio tree (Pistacia vera) is a long lived desert plant that bears clusters of small reddish drupes. Pistachio drupes need long, hot, and dry …

Hardwood cuttings are taken from woody shrubs and perennial plants in the fall or over the winter months. Like cuttings taken at other times, they are a great way to …

If you find that you’re jumping in the car to go shopping far more often than you’d like, or are relying heavily on products with brand names that you recognize …

Christmas is coming. I don’t know about the goose getting fat, but I sure am. Cooler days and long nights mean I slow down and eat heavier foods. One has …

Composting is usually an easy and relatively trouble free process, but there are certain things that can go wrong. If you have a problem with your existing composting system, this …

Learning how to successfully save zucchini seeds can only mean one thing: even more zucchini next year! But wait, there is more. Especially if you are willing to search a …

As colder weather approaches, you’re probably wondering whether your greenhouse is up to the task. Will it fend off the frosts well enough to keep your crops growing all winter …

The sound of the crackling fire, the smell of the burning wood, the dancing flames, and warmth that penetrates deep into your bones – are all perks of heating with …

When trying to live a sustainable way of life, one of the goals is to switch to renewable sources of power to keep your home warm. You can run an …

At the peak of every autumn apple harvest, one quickly begins to search for clever ways to preserve bucketloads of apples. Then the thought eventually bubbles up – is apple …

Do you guys remember when fall was just fall and not ‘Pumpkin Spice Season’? Starbucks made one little latte, and we all fell down the rabbit hole. Every candle or …

Mint is a reliable perennial herb that needs little attention in the garden. That’s in part what makes it such a wonderful plant to grow. It is one of those …

Have you had it with too much misting and fertilizing and pruning and watering? Are you watering too much, not watering enough? Or maybe you travel a lot, or you’re …

Don’t you love easy food? There’s something so satisfying about saying, “I made it from scratch,” and knowing that it took you all of five minutes to make. Honey-fermented ginger …

A keyhole bed can be a great way to maximise space and productivity in an organic garden.  A keyhole garden is a type of garden bed commonly utilised in permaculture …

Mulches are layers of material placed over growing areas or between plants to cover areas of bare soil. There are two main types of mulch – mulch made from organic …

Sawdust, otherwise referred to as wood shavings, is a beneficial by-product of working with wood that has many applications on both urban and countryside homesteads. The further you get from …