Weeds are the bane of every gardener, especially as the days heat up and vacation season starts. But short of hand-digging them every day, it can be a real...
Gardening & Homesteading
Whether you tend a little patch of tomatoes, or are striving to produce most of the food for your family, here you’ll find articles about organic gardening, organic pest control, food preservation, permaculture, homesteading, and more.
Is your garden hose delivering a large dose of heavy metals and toxic plasticizers to your children and your garden? Here's how to find a safer option.
Sun-dried tomatoes are a pricey delicacy that come in tiny jars or in bags that often look a little moldy. If you have a little patience, you can learn how...
Kohlrabi can be an intimidating vegetable if you haven’t been around it much. It looks like a leafy, green space alien, and has a taste like fresh, crunchy...
Peas are pretty easy to grow. Just give them cool, spring weather, composted soil that drains well, and some climbing support. If you’re short on space...
Powdery mildew is a common garden disease that affects a wide variety of food crops and landscape plants. Here are several natural strategies that you can use...
If you’re looking to buy seeds for your vegetable garden from socially responsible seed companies that are not associated with GMOs, Bayer/Monsanto, or...
Winter squashes like butternut or pumpkin have hard shells that are difficult to pierce, enabling them to have long storage periods under the right conditions...
While technically you can compost anything that was once living, some things are better left out of the compost pile for the sake of a better compost and less...
With the exception of asparagus, rhubarb and artichokes, most gardeners are unaware of the tasty, nutritious bounty that perennial vegetables can offer.
Fall is the time to plant garlic. Garlic is ridiculously easy to plant and care for. It tastes great, looks beautiful, and takes up so little space that even...
Today I weeded my very overgrown flower garden, and learned (the hard way) that stinging nettles are the most common weed there. But despite the fire in my...
Growing beets in your garden can give you access to the many beautiful, tasty varieties of heirloom and specialty beets that you just can’t get from the...
Winter is just around the corner, and that means you need to prepare your animal shelters to weather the cold. It’s best to get started as soon as possible...
For your soil, there is no better ingredient than compost, whether you till it into your garden beds or use it as mulch around shrubs and trees, it is...
Whether your a garden sage or a total newbie, these online vegetable garden planning tools can make planning this year's garden a real snap!
