Gardening

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

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The Basics of Composting

If you’re new to gardening, you’ll be doing yourself a great service…

Tamara Siemering Tamara Siemering

Gleaning and Cleaning Your Fall Garden

Congratulations!  You have made it from the hot gardening season and have…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Like Water for… Tomatoes? Year-round Gardening with Hydroponics

Imagine plucking a ripe, round tomato right from the stem and sinking…

Laurie Charpentier Laurie Charpentier

The Humble Hackberry Tree

Hackberry trees are noxious weeds.  At least that’s what I was taught…

Micah Janzen Micah Janzen

How to Live Off Your Garden All Year Round

If you have been gardening for some time, you know how superior…

Grace Quarer Grace Quarer

A View You Can Eat: Common Edible Flowers

I must say I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst

From Cucina Povera to Conscious Cookery: Timeless Garden-to-Kitchen and Back Again Smarts

Eating in season. Eating locally. They’re not just foodie buzzwords, that’s how…

Ellen Kanner Ellen Kanner

From Lawn to Garden: A Year of No-Till

We had a small 10 x 10-foot vegetable garden in our backyard.…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst

Brassica: The Queen of Greens

I recently had breakfast with my three-year old granddaughter, Josephine, in a…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Eco-Landscaping Can Trim Home Energy Costs

Especially in this time of inflation and rising energy costs, heating and…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell

8 Reasons to Keep a Garden Journal

A garden journal is simply a notebook where you record information about…

Jenny Clark Jenny Clark

Black Thumb! Helpful Hints for the Cultivationally Challenged

Over the course of the last 25 years, I have gardened both…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

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