Going green and organic is becoming very common, with more and more people wanting to live a healthier lifestyle. Eating organic food can help decrease the number of pesticides and help protect the environment, but unfortunately, the cost of organic food can be very high. If … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Guide to Starting Seeds
Would you like to jumpstart your growing season? You can by starting your seeds indoors this winter. Not only does it let you begin gardening in late winter or early spring when the ground is too cold to plant outside, but indoor seed-starting can save you money. Seeds are … [Read more...]
15 Best Fruits and Veggies for Your Container Garden
Wouldn't you love to have fresh fruit growing in your kitchen? Imagine the convenience of having healthy, nutritious, delicious foods just steps away from the dinner table. This is why container gardening is getting so popular, not to mention all the other reasons: no weeds, … [Read more...]
How to Grow Your Own Bananas
It’s Easier Than You Think if You Live in the Right Area and You Can Even Grow Them Indoors It’s easy to assume that bananas can only grow in far away and exotic jungles, but they actually can grow in North America and can even be grown indoors. They take a while to mature … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Prepare For Your Spring Garden
The days are short, the weather is cold, and your garden may seem like a distant memory. However, winter is the time to get started if you’d like a bountiful garden when warm weather arrives. You can get started today, and the best part is, you don’t even have to leave your … [Read more...]
Kitchen Herb Gardening: Essential Herbs and Tips
If you’ve got a sunny window, you’ve got the makings of a kitchen herb garden. I just love having fresh herbs at my fingertips all year long. Fresh herbs can enhance ordinary culinary dishes, add extra nutrition to your meals, and add fragrance and beauty to your home. … [Read more...]
8 Weeds You Actually WANT To See In Your Garden
Pulling weeds in my garden is one of my least favorite tasks. It feels like as soon as I've conquered all of the weeds, more keep appearing. Pulling weeds is truly the neverending task, but you don't need to feel obligated to remove all weeds. Believe it or not, there are some … [Read more...]
20 Best Fruits and Veggies to Grow in Buckets
The appeal of growing fresh produce indoors attracts many different people. It's healthier, tastier, and costs less money. But oftentimes, newcomers are intimidated by the huge variety of options when trying to figure out which seeds to plant. The majority of fruits and … [Read more...]
7 Ways To Use Milk Jugs For Gardening
Are you throwing away plastic milk jugs every week? Stop it. The plastic in these jugs is sturdy, making them useful for a variety of purposes. For example, you can turn milk jugs into the following: funnels, dustpans, mini shovels, outdoor lamps, water markers, storage … [Read more...]
Pallet Greenhouse with a Rain Gutter Grow System
Usually, when I share a video about some DIY project, it's something fairly simple that most people could do in one day--something my readers might actually like to try. This project, however, would take most people several days...or weeks. I don't really expect any of you to … [Read more...]
10 Survival Superfoods You Should Grow and Stockpile
It took one good snowstorm and one long power outage for me to realize that I needed to be more prepared for emergencies. After that, I started to stock up on cheap foods: rice, spaghetti, as well as some survival rations. But what I realized is that although survival food will … [Read more...]
Pollinator Gardens: What They Are and Why You Need One
You may have heard a lot of other homesteaders chatting about their pollinator garden. It seems that everyone is using pollinator plants to help both their home and local environments. A pollinator garden challenge was recently launched to encourage more use of native plants … [Read more...]
If I Could Only Grow One Crop…
As I work in my garden, moving from row to row, plant to plant, I sometimes ask myself, “What if I could only have one plant in my garden?” I’m pretty sure this is a normal homesteader fantasy that comes from being a little overwhelmed each spring, but I ran with it this time … [Read more...]
15 Foods You Can Grow In Buckets Year-Round
Don’t you wish you could grow food year round? Or maybe you are pining for the perfect garden so you can grow your own vegetables, but you simply don’t have enough. You don’t have to let the season, the size of your property, or your location stop you from growing your own … [Read more...]
12 Herbs and Veggies That Grow Well in The Summer Heat
We wait all fall and winter for warmer temperatures so we can plant and enjoy our vegetable garden. But sometimes we get too much of a good thing. If your garden got scorched by intense temperatures last summer, you may be looking to add some more heat tolerant vegetables this … [Read more...]
14 Things You Should Never Compost (And Why)
Composting allows you to make your own organic fertilizer by decomposing waste from your garden and food scraps from your kitchen. Not only do you reduce waste in the trash, but you also save money by creating compost at home for free. Bagged compost from garden nurseries isn't … [Read more...]
How To Turn A Twig Into A New Tree
Every homestead can use more trees. Many new homesteaders quickly learn the value that trees have on the property. There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” It takes time to develop healthy and … [Read more...]
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