Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned gardener, garlic should have a place in your garden! Garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow, stores wonderfully all winter long, and is so versatile in the kitchen you can never have too much! Read on for my full garlic growing guide. Adding garlic to …
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Did you know plants have best friends and enemies? Your garden beds might as well be a catty high school cafeteria and you don’t want the potatoes sitting down at the tomato’s table. Ok, maybe it’s not quite that bad (maybe I just have too many teenagers running around my house!). Plants do have “friends” …
Thousands of years ago, comfrey was an important part of any herb garden. Today, modern gardeners and herbalists alike are rediscovering this easy-to-grow, easy-to-care-for, multi-purpose plant! Comfrey is a tall, reliable perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 4-9. When fully mature, under excellent conditions, it can be 3-6 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide. It could …
It’s a lovely late summer afternoon and you are strolling through your garden. While poking through the squash leaves looking for a fresh zucchini, you notice a couple little white spots on a few leaves. A couple days later, you return and notice even more leaves look like someone has sprinkled powdered sugar around. What …
Onions are a really easy crop to grow even for beginners and when you grow your own onions a huge amount of variety is opened to you over what you can find on your grocer’s shelves. Not only will you find a larger variety, homegrown onions have a much more vibrant flavor, kicking up the …
Farm journals can be an invaluable resource for large-scale and backyard farmers alike – but I admit I had never kept one. I have been thinking about doing it for YEARS but I can just never seem to find the motivation to get it going. I have lots of scrap paper as I love drawing out new …
The internet is such an awesome resource – blogs, videos, professional resources, all at your finger tips to learn about any subject you want. I was recently introduced to an invaluable resource for gardeners, both new and seasoned. Rick Stone, the writer behind the popular gardening blog, OurStoneyAcres.com, has an awesome Online Gardening School! Rick is …
So you are ready to start your first garden? Congratulations! There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own food! It can also be incredibly difficult and frustrating, especially when you are first starting out. Check out these 7 beginner gardening mistakes to avoid. Mistake #1 – Improper Garden Placement This is probably the mistake most …
Farming is an incredibly challenging career. Managing hundreds of acres of crops or hundreds of animals, keeping it all running smoothly, battling the elements, unexpected early frosts, drought, disease….it is certainly not something to undertake casually. Backyard farming in the suburbs might not have challenges on the scale of commercial farming, but it comes with …
Composting goes hand in hand with homesteading, but for someone just starting out, it can be overwhelming. Soil ph, balancing, rotating, remembering what you can and can not compost – it’s a lot of information. If you have a garden – veggies or flowers or even just a lawn – composting is a free …