Container gardening

The Magical World of Mycelium: Growing Mushrooms on the Homestead

Mushrooms, or mycelium, make good sense for us homesteaders.  They make good sense for someone who just dreams of being…

2 years ago

Five Weeks from Seed to Table

Growing vegetables from seed is probably one of the greatest pleasures of gardening. You can see the whole process from…

2 years ago

5 Ways to Grow Food in Small Spaces

I have been gardening for about six years and, up until a few months ago, I was living in a…

3 years ago

Vegetable Gardening: Your Next Step to Self-Sufficiency

You've made the big decision to cut bait and leave the rat race behind and move to a happier place.…

3 years ago

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 is time to turn over the garden, plant…

4 years ago

Super Tuber! Sweet Potatoes: Superheroes in the Garden

Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We insist that tomatoes are a fruit, but nobody…

5 years ago

You Say “Tomato”; I Say “All Right!”

  Three years ago, my husband decided to start growing an aphrodisiac in our urban postage-stamp property.  I was as…

5 years ago