How To Make Watermelon Rind Pickles
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 …
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 …
If you only have a small garden, growing in pots or containers can be a good way to go. Just because you don’t have a large backyard, that does not …
If you are about to harvest your raspberries fresh, or have already frozen them for later indulgence, this old-fashioned raspberry jam recipe certainly aims to please. It is slightly sweet, …
Houseplants do a lot to make a house a home. They clean the air we breathe, filtering out more than just CO2. Houseplants improve our concentration and productivity and even …
When my husband and I moved to our southwest Michigan homestead in the winter of 2018, one of the first priorities was establishing a massive garden. We dreamed of freezers …
Do you know how many raspberries fit into one jar of syrup? Me neither. All I can say, is that it takes plenty – and a lot more than you …
In an organic garden, we are always trying to find ways to deal with pests, problems and plants that do not involve the use of synthetic chemicals that can harm …
Mushroom growing – or fungiculture – is a fun, fascinating, and rewarding hobby that offers an altogether different experience from cultivating green plants. Successfully rearing mushrooms requires three basic things: …
Hornworms are one of the most common tomato plant pests. If you have small children in your life, then you’ve probably read Eric Carle’s book, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” about …
To have a fully stocked pantry, with rows and rows of beautiful jars, is but a Pinterest dream for thousands of women (and men) in search of a self-reliant lifestyle. …
Sage is a wonderful plant to choose to grow in your garden. It can thrive in a wide range of different settings, and bring many benefits. It will be beneficial …
This post has been updated to reflect the discontinued use of Tradescantia’s former common name, ‘Wandering Jew’, with its racial beginnings, to its new common names of ‘Wandering Dude’, ‘Inch …
You might think of the spring as the primary seed sowing time. But there are actually plenty of seeds you can still sow through the summer months. In this article, …
You may not know it, but many gardeners swear by Epsom salt as a secret weapon in their organic gardens. It is generally better to focus on restoring or maintaining …
If you are trying to go greener, you may already be aware that baking soda is a very useful thing to have in your home. It can be used to …
For many of us, the sight of a creepy-crawly bug in our beautiful garden stirs an age-old instinct – SQUASH IT. But wait! Before you pulverize that little critter, take …
One of my favorite parts of gardening is making salads using all of the fresh vegetables that come out of my garden. There is nothing quite so good as a …
Mint is aromatic and pleasantly intoxicating, with cooling/soothing menthol flavors which have both culinary and medicinal properties. Plus, it is a perennial herb that is easy to grow. Yet, it …
There are a number of reasons why you might wish to grow climbing plants and flowering vines. You might wish to add them to a wall or fence to improve …
Life can be busy. Most of us do not have the time to spend hours and hours in our gardens each week. But a garden can be low maintenance and …
While there are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to consume zucchini fresh, preserving them turns out to be a bit trickier. You see, zucchini is a low-acid food. And …