A garden offers some truly great benefits to those who undertake the task. It is a way to exercise greater control over the food in your…
If you are searching for a way to dramatically increase your harvest yields while decreasing the amount of water you use in your garden, French…
Starting a forest garden on your homestead is one of the best things you can do—for your own needs and those of your family, your…
Once the last blazing maple leaf has floated to the ground and before the first blossoms of spring burst forth with their renewing life, what's…
My introduction to gardening began with time spent in my grandfather’s garden. His suburban lot was no bigger than 10,000 square feet, but it was…
I am fortunate to live in an area where winter temperatures rarely dip lower than 5° Celsius below zero. (26° Fahrenheit). None the less, there…
If you’re new to gardening, you’ll be doing yourself a great service by learning the basics of composting and beginning the essential practice of cultivating…
It’s that time again. The weather is turning cold, telling us it is time to turn over the garden, plant some cover crops and go…
Invasive plant species anywhere on the homestead are a problem for the way they displace native species, disrupt ecosystem function, and generally make a nuisance…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Persimmons like a warm climate but other than that, they are not particularly…
American writer, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), gave a magical description of wandering through a moonlight garden that is as true now as it was in the…
Imagine plucking a ripe, round tomato right from the stem and sinking your teeth into its juicy flesh. There’s nothing tastier than a fresh tomato,…
