Growing trees in your garden is always a great idea. They can enrich your life in a huge range of ways, as well as sequestering carbon, cleaning the air, and …

I’ll bet every time you cook a head of cauliflower you’re throwing away one of the tastiest parts. I know I was, that is until I learned about a super …

A 5 gallon bucket can be an incredible useful thing. There are many ways to use them around your homestead. One of the most obvious ways to use these reclaimed containers is …

When it comes to eggplant, you either love it or hate it. It’s one of those vegetables that have very few tepid fans. I’m going to assume that if you’re …

You know when you go to someone’s house for the first time, and they have a great patio or a massive kitchen, and in your head, you start remodeling your …

What’s your favorite way to eat potatoes? Mashed? French fries? Hashbrowns? Baked? The delicious filling of a pierogi? No matter how you enjoy them, potatoes always taste better when they …

Lavender is a beautiful and fragrant flower that finds a place in many very different gardens. Lavender is, generally speaking, a rather easy and low maintenance plant to grow. However, …

There’s nothing better than creating a personal fruit oasis in your own backyard. While many people’s imaginations turn to thoughts of apple trees and strawberry patches when planning out their …

One of my favorite scents of summer is thyme. I love the way it smells when the plant has been baking in the sun for hours, and you brush your …

Unless you have a bidet, you likely have a constant stream of toilet paper rolls coming through the home. While you can certainly recycle them or tear them up to …

I drink herbal tea nearly every day, often multiple times throughout the day. I love the variety of flavor combinations available. There is an herbal tea for every mood or …

When life hands you 30 pounds of sun-ripened peaches, you must say “thank you” and get straight to work. You simply cannot refuse such a sweet gift! Being prepared is …

Garlic seems to be the one crop, other than zucchini, that grows in our garden on a reliable basis year after year. Even if we do not plant it, or …

Wasps have earned a reputation for being the absolute jerks of the flying insect community. With menacing looks and an aggressive behavior that fears precisely no one, wasps are equipped …

I’ll never forget the first time someone offered me sliced broccoli stems. I looked at my host funny as she continued chopping the stem and setting the florets to the …

Cabbage is a member of the Brassica family, and of course, we grow many members of that family in our gardens. Many gardeners will grow cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflowers, turnips, …

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you …

Chances are good that if you are reading this, you learned from a young age how to pee in the woods. Now, we are about to suggest you to use …

As I write this, I’m sipping a bubbly glass of peach water kefir, with golden bits of chopped peach floating at the top. I’ve never been much of a soda …

When you think about washing clothes by hand, you probably conjure up images of someone in a calico dress scrubbing furiously on a washboard, up to their elbows in hot, …

What is the fun of summer without eating melon, at least once, twice or as often as you like?! At the beach, in the backyard or a park, near a …

Water is one of the most important factors – not only in your garden but on this planet. Life as we know it would not be possible without this vital …

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is …

Growing your own is not just about sowing, growing and harvesting. It is also about making sure that you make the most of the crops that you grow. This means …