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Seed Libraries, Seed Swaps & Seed Saving
Seed Libraries, Seed Swaps & Seed Saving Have you ever heard of a seed library? How about a seed swap. Saving seeds is a great […]
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Basil Garlic Tomato Sauce Review
One of the major goals of this year’s garden was to grow all of the red sauces for my family. We figured back in winter […]
Training Tomatoes Up a Trellis
Hello, one question I am repeatedly asked is: “How do you grow all those tomatoes?” I have tested several methods of growing tomatoes and I […]
Dill Pickle Recipe For Water Bath Canning
Dill Pickle Recipe for Water Bath Canning If you are following along on this series, you know we just returned from the Hmongtown Marketplace with a […]
Blueberry June Growth
Blueberry June Growth This is a follow up post on the the blueberries. Last summer we picked up blueberry pants from Monrovia, who sponsored this […]
How to plant a lawn from seeds
How to plant a lawn from seeds Starting a lawn from scratch using seed is the least expensive way to transform your home or garden. […]
Basil Gardening tips
Basil Gardening tips Easy tips for raising your own basil. Nothing like fresh basil from the garden! Buying Plants: You can easily start basil plants […]
7 Gardening Rules of Thumb For New Plants
7 Gardening Rules of Thumb For New Plants Sometimes it’s the tips and insider information that comes from experience that are the best ideas when […]
Easy Herbal Harvest Wreath Tutorial
Easy Herbal Harvest Wreath Tutorial At harvest time you may find yourself with more herbs than you know what to do with and making a […]
Small space potato growing
Small space potato growing Potatoes are relatively easy to grow and can be grown in garbage bags, sacks, or potato bins. The potato bin is […]
Changes You Can Make In The Garden Before Autumn Comes In
Changes You Can Make In The Garden Before Autumn Comes In Summer has still got a few weeks left, but by this point in the […]
Homemade Crab Apple Jelly - or - That Must be Jelly because Jam don’t shake like that!
Homemade Crab Apple Jelly - or - That Must be Jelly because Jam don’t Shake like that! We have a couple of crab apple trees […]
Adding Supers to the Beehives
Adding Supers to the Beehives This is our first season of beekeeping. Lots of things to learn, but we have a great mentor, Steve Olson, […]
How To Build a Tomato Tunnel
If you read the article about the gourd tunnel, you know basically what we did here too. The biggest difference is the width. Vines grow […]
How To Build a Potato Tower
You may have seen our viral video with Laurie from dan330.com harvesting the potato towers from last year on YouTube. This year, we decided to […]
How To Build A Gourd Tunnel
The Gourd Tunnel is mostly just a fun project for us to try this year. I have seen images of these go absolutely crazy on […]
Planning, Conditioning, and Setting Up Our Bales
I don’t want to get into a huge discussion on how to condition, plan and prep our bales. If you want to know how we […]
How to prepare soil for grass seed
How to prepare soil for grass seed Growing a healthy lawn from scratch requires a healthy soil. Success or failure is strongly tied to the […]
5 Key Benefits Of Growing Your Own Organic Vegetables
5 Key Benefits Of Growing Your Own Organic Vegetables Vegetables are one of the key components of the food that we eat every day. Even […]
Gardening on the Other Side of the Walk
Gardening on the Other Side of the Walk Several years ago while attending a landscape symposium I learned an interesting technique that applied to my […]