Hydroponics and Aquaponics: Setting Up a Simple System
Hydroponic and aquaponic vegetables are becoming more popular with growers and consumers…
Staple Crops for the Homestead Seeking Self-Sufficiency
A huge proportion of the earth’s people groups depend on a starchy…
Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies
Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in…
Strange Edibles
The vegetable garden is usually one of the first steps taken toward…
Cultivating Carrots in the Homestead Garden
Native to the area known today as Afghanistan, carrots (Daucus carota var.…
In Favor of a Naturalized Lawn
Early every spring as I drive into town I notice that people…
Edible Landscape Additions: Elderberries and Goji Berries
If you are looking for hardy additions to your edible landscape, elderberries…
Attracting Beneficials: Garden Good Guys
Whether you are a backyard gardener, an urban homesteader, or you run…
Moss for Beauty and Profit
After reading a story on this very website about collecting items in…
Growing Hazelnuts on the Homestead
Hazelnuts (also known as filberts) are a favorite autumn delicacy, whether they…
Growing Spices on the Homestead
Almost every homestead I know of has found a way to incorporate…
How to Get Seeds for Free
Like a kid in a candy store, I have been perusing recently-arrived…
