Attract Wildlife to Your Property
Living in the country means you have to deal with fewer people. …
Edible Landscaping: Eat Your Environment
For those of us who are forced to homestead in an urban…
Going Full Circle: A Journey Back to Sustainable Agriculture
There are many reasons why people are drawn to the homesteading lifestyle…
How the Ancients Farmed
Mrs. Cro-Magnon just got home with a basket of berries and tubers;…
Give a Fig: New Facts on the Oldest Cultivated Plant
My connection with figs began early. I would have been no older…
Bowery Farming: An Interview with Co-Founder and CEO Irving Fain
When Irving Fain started Bowery Farms he had a dream; to provide…
Turn a Spare Room Into a Grow Room: Produce Year-round Produce
It’s that time again. The weather is turning cold, telling us it…
Indoor Gardening in Winter
Those of us who live in areas of early frost, dread to…
Growing Persimmons From Seed: An Unusual Fruit For Your Homestead
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead.…
Rain Gardens Enhance Your Landscape and Improve Water Quality
In natural ecosystems, rainwater clings to the leaves and trickles down to…
Seed Heads Provide Food for Wildlife and Decorate the Winter Landscape
Once the last blazing maple leaf has floated to the ground and…
Grow Garlic… It’s Easy!
The garlic is all dug and on bread racks for the drying…
