Gardening

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

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Modern Practices to Maximize Your Growing Efforts on the Homestead

Growing food at home doesn’t have to be as hard as it…

Nicole McCray Nicole McCray

Backyard Garden Dreamin’

Would you like to create an edible landscape? Some individuals are turning…

Dorothy Rieke Dorothy Rieke

Will My Old Seeds Grow? 

There’s an unspoken sense of gratification that lingers when we carry old…

Macie LaCau Macie LaCau

Soil Mineralization According to The Intelligent Gardener

Once upon a time, there was a Garden Guru named Steve Solomon,…

Magdalena Alvarez Magdalena Alvarez

Seeds of Control: OMG it’s GMO!

The signs of spring have arrived, even in the frozen north.  I’ve…

T. Zoe Kimmel T. Zoe Kimmel

Vegetable Gardening: Your Next Step to Self-Sufficiency

You've made the big decision to cut bait and leave the rat…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Check Out These Seeds! Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library

Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish

Edible Landscaping: Eat Your Environment

For those of us who are forced to homestead in an urban…

Micah Janzen Micah Janzen

Going Full Circle: A Journey Back to Sustainable Agriculture

There are many reasons why people are drawn to the homesteading lifestyle…

Uni Blake Uni Blake

How the Ancients Farmed

Mrs. Cro-Magnon just got home with a basket of berries and tubers;…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Give a Fig: New Facts on the Oldest Cultivated Plant

My connection with figs began early.  I would have been no older…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Bowery Farming: An Interview with Co-Founder and CEO Irving Fain

When Irving Fain started Bowery Farms he had a dream; to provide…

Alan Ray Alan Ray

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