Plenty of people are more than content to buy a home that offers a lot of garden space. Even if it is just to have some outdoor area where they can relax and enjoy a little room around them. However, whether it’s because you don’t want to have to takeContinue Reading
Have you ever wondered exactly what a “kitchen garden” is or how it differs from a regular vegetable garden? For starters, a kitchen garden or potager (pronounced puh-ta-zhay). It is a special kind of edible garden with a rich history tracing back to old English and French culinary gardens. MuchContinue Reading
Blossom rot, or blossom end rot, is a common problem encountered by tomato gardeners. The condition is characterized by a dark, rotten spot at the blossom end of developing tomatoes. Fortunately, there are ways to combat blossom rot before it starts. However, once it appears on an individual fruit, thereContinue Reading
Are you ready to start growing tomatoes like never before? If you are practicing self-reliant gardening, then this post is for you! If you want to grow the healthiest and most delicious tomatoes you possibly can this gardening season, take some pointers from the pros. There are a few veryContinue Reading
You need to know how to choose the right plants for your food forest before you can create one. Choosing plants for your food forest can be a lot of fun. But it can also be stressful trying to figure out which plants are best for you and your family.Continue Reading
Are you ready to learn how to start a food forest on your property? A food forest is an excellent way to provide food for your family year after year. Becoming more self-reliant means growing as much of our own food as possible. After researching the best ways to growContinue Reading
Do you want to start a survival garden in order to grow your own food for survival instead of depending on the grocery stores? With pandemics and food shortages being talked about every day, survival food is becoming a popular topic. There may come a time when buying enough foodContinue Reading
Would you like to learn how to start a container garden? Does the idea of growing food and herbs and more in containers excite you? But maybe you don’t know where to start. In this guide, I will teach you how to start a container garden as well as whatContinue Reading
Are you ready to ditch those plastic trays that harm the environment and create your own simple and free DIY seed starters on your homestead? Then checkout the creative ways we have started our seeds this year. It is so important that we all do our part to stop usingContinue Reading
Are you tired of not knowing what you planted in your kitchen garden or herb garden because your tags faded? Solve the problem by making DIY weatherproof plant markers from your wood scraps. These cute and very creative plant markers are so easy to make and don’t cost anything ifContinue Reading