Gardening

Homesteading Gardening articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

Garden Planning Made Easy: Two DIY Garden Planners

In the tens of thousands of years that people have cultivated the land to raise food for themselves, humans have…

2 weeks ago

Hydroponic Gardening for Anyone, Anywhere

Hydroponic gardening is not new, but it has seen an increase in popularity lately.  This is easily understandable, as hydroponics…

3 weeks ago

6 Tips for Dividing Perennials in the Spring

Perennials offer great value in the flower or shade garden. These plants come back year after year with really minimal…

1 month ago

Backyard Garden Dreamin’

Would you like to create an edible landscape? Some individuals are turning their lawns or small acreages into food-producing backyard…

1 month ago

Making The Most Of Shade: Plan, Plant, and Grow a Shade Garden

How to plan, plant, and grow a fabulous garden that lightens up the shadows. Is shade a constant problem in…

2 months ago

Designing an Herb Garden

Herbs are easy to grow as most of them are generally undemanding, requiring just enough light and adequate soil to…

2 months ago

Soil Mineralization According to The Intelligent Gardener

Once upon a time, there was a Garden Guru named Steve Solomon, who grew loads and loads of fresh produce,…

2 months ago

Easy as Pie: The Myth of Simple Living

To a generation who grew up on Lassie, Little House on the Prairie, and Green Acres, living a rural, homesteading lifestyle…

2 months ago

Farmers of Fungi: Growing Mushrooms and Mycorrhizae in Your Vegetable Patch

In the last 40 years, human understanding of fungi, and their role in farm and garden ecosystems, has grown dramatically. …

2 months ago

Your Medicinal Garden: Ten Herbs to Plant This Spring

Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail.  All of us are entertaining grandiose gardening plans.  This…

3 months ago