Gardening requires more that just taking care of plants once they are in the ground. To garden well and have a productive crop, you must also take care of the soil. I’ve listed three things that you can do in the fall that will prepare your garden for the spring planting.
Best Homesteading Books From Those Living the Life
Whether you’re just getting started with homesteading or are looking to find better tactics and techniques to make your home and garden run a little more smoothly, we have some great resources for you! Many of our members have written amazing books that will help you to learn more about gardening, raising animals, homesteading with […]
Deciding What to Plant in Your Vegetable Garden
Is 2019 the year you’re finally going to grow food? Or maybe it’s the year you get serious about growing enough veggies to stop buying them at the store? If so, you may already find yourself inundated with seed catalogs…and like an 18th-century sailor hypnotized by the siren’s song, you might be under the spell […]
20 Perfect Holiday Gifts for Gardeners
The holiday season is here! This means that it’s the time we all start searching for that perfect gift for our friends and family. For those of us who love to dig in the dirt, this list has everything from planters to stocking stuffers and everything in-between. If you are looking for even more inspiration, […]
Float Gardening In British Columbia
A guest post written by Margy Lutz. Margy describes her life on a float Cabin Home on Powell Lake in Coastal British Colombia. She has a very special float garden. Her husband writes interesting books about their off-grid life.
How to Identify Wildflowers In Your Area
I called upon my friend Emily who is a flower enthusiast and budding flower entrepreneur (follow her lovely Instagram here!) to help me write this post. These are the tools she and other flower lovers like her use to identify flowers both while out and about and at home after a hike. That Garden App […]
