Gardening

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

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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

8 Reasons to Keep a Garden Journal

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

Jenny Clark Jenny Clark

These Little Sprouts are a Big Deal

The summer garden is gone and the stores from the winter garden…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Foraging the Forest for Spring Edibles

It’s early spring. The bone-chilling winds of winter have finally given way…

Wren Everett Wren Everett

In Defense of the Weed-lot

Whether your homestead is one acre or one hundred acres, there’s a…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Victory Gardens: Winners and Losers

I was born just before the end of World War II.  As…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Homesteader

Returning to the land is a desire that has coursed through the…

Wren Everett Wren Everett

Small-scale Homesteading: How Much Do You Really Need?

I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs.  One in particular chronicles…

Rebecca Long Rebecca Long

New-fangled Neolithic: Embrace Your Inner Hunter-Gatherer

"The Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Demographic Transition, or Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale…

May Woodworth May Woodworth

Cannabis 101

Introduction to Cannabis Cannabis hasn’t always been a controversial substance. In fact,…

Kimi Ceridon Kimi Ceridon

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