Why You Must Learn How To Garden NOW!
No more dreaming of a garden one day. We are living on borrowed time, people, and there isn’t time to waste. THIS is the year to get your hands in the dirt and start growing something!
Garden
Learn how to grow more of your own food.
Pinching Seedlings: The Pros, Cons, and How-To
Don’t forget this crucial step for helping your seedlings to grow into strong, healthy plants!
Putting The Garden To Sleep For The Winter
We’re busy cleaning up the garden so it can rest for the winter. But there’s still a lot we can do to be getting ready for next year’s planting time!
My Garden This Year
Here’s what the start of this year’s garden looks like. It’s just seedlings so far, but hopefully in a couple of months everything will be flourishing!
31 Places to Order Seeds and Plants Online
Some plants you just can’t find locally. There are so many edibles I want to have around our homestead… most of which I have come to discover no local nurseries carry. It seems my only option is ordering either via mail-order or online. These days, gardeners have a wide range of options when it comes … Read more
Garden Update: May 21
Here’s an update on how things are growing in our second attempt at gardening.
How To Transplant Blackberry Bushes
Here’s how to transplant wild (or cultivated) blackberries into your own yard.
Our Raised Bed Garden
Here’s how things in this year’s garden are going so far.
Companion Planting – The Ultimate Guide
A few notes on companion planting, and some helpful links to check out!
33 Things to Save for Next Year’s Garden
Here’s a list of re-purposed items to help save you money and time!
24 Lessons Learned From My First Garden
Lots of lessons learned… the hard way. But, when you learn like that, you never forget!
92 Signs in Nature to look at to predict The Weather
Here are some interesting ways that people used to predict the weather.
My First Garden: Update
Okay, so I’m totally embarrassed to even claim this as my garden. Boy, so far I make a lousy homesteader!
My First Garden: 9 Weeks Later
I thought I’d try gardening the cheap way this time: just sticking the seed in the soil (not adding anything to it really) and watering it. Well, you get what you pay for… which is not much in my case. Lesson learned.
Progress In The Garden
Some stuff is doing awesome, and some stuff just may be a lost cause…
30 Clever and Inexpensive Garden Fencing Ideas
Before buying a fence for our garden, I searched everywhere for the least expensive way to do it. Here is what we did…