What are the easiest to grow vegetables when you are a beginning gardener? This sort of sounds like loaded question, but I assure you it is not. If you are interested in easy crops to grow since you are just beginning to garden, it’s not a problem. You can be a successful gardener even when […]
Neem Oil in the Garden
One of the biggest reasons backyard gardeners list for growing their own food is the desire to limit chemicals in their diet. After a season or two of growing your own fruits & veggies, it can be easy to see why big commercial farmers might resort to spraying and sprinkling their crops with chemicals. There […]
Why Rabbit Manure is the Best Fertilizer Ever
Though we are considering adding meat rabbits to our homestead, our two Polish rabbits are strictly pets. Even so, they are a huge boon to our homestead for one simple reason: They poop. A lot. And their manure is gold for the garden. Why and how to use rabbit manure in the garden. It’s one […]
Sweet Basil. All you need to know to grow it.
Sweet Basil is an easy, straight forward plant to grow. In this blog you will find all the things you need to know for planning, companion planting, use and storage of Sweet Basil. It also provides you with information about the type of soil it needs and the pH it will grow in. One place […]
Saving Heirloom Lettuce Seed
You wouldn’t think tennis balls, Thomas Jefferson, and lettuce have anything in common but Tennis Ball lettuce is an heirloom variety Thomas Jefferson grew on his farm at Monticello. Visiting Monicello and Mount Vernon are high on my bucket list. Not only do I respect these statesmen and their role as Founding Fathers I also […]
Why Back to Eden Gardening Isn’t for Us
After successfully using the Back to Eden gardening method in their Phoenix, AZ homestead, Kevin and Sarah were excited to implement those same principles in the Missouri Ozarks. But, it didn’t work out. Kevin and Sarah discuss why it wasn’t right for the new homestead and what they have chosen to do instead.
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