When building a garden, planting herbs is one of the most important things you can do in it. Besides offering immense flavor and medicinal uses, many herbs are pollinator-friendly. If you want a higher production rate of produce in your garden, you must encourage pollinators to visit. Growing herb plants for the flowers is a… Continue reading Building Herbal Gardens
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Homesteading 101: It’s 3 Months Till Last Frost
The promised warm-up disappeared at our homestead last night. Instead, we got freezing rain on top of the snow late last night, leaving an ice rink to wake up to. I truly hate ice. People fall and get hurt. Fences don't want to open. The animals are upset. But there is a bright light somewhere… Continue reading Homesteading 101: It’s 3 Months Till Last Frost
Homesteading 101: How To Buy The Best Seeds
You might think this post is about what seed brands to buy from, but rather it is how to buy the best seeds for your garden, that will grow and reward you for your hard work with the best fresh produce. With the new year and January comes seed catalogs. That are full of gorgeous… Continue reading Homesteading 101: How To Buy The Best Seeds
Invest January Into Next Year’s Garden
Christmas Day is for me the start of the next year's gardening season. And I've often thought that for many it is the same. After everyone goes home, or you make your escape back home....there is something about the desire and pull to become more simple in our lives. To stop and just be for… Continue reading Invest January Into Next Year’s Garden
Why Do Bell Peppers Have Babies Inside?
Here's a great produce question: Have you ever cut into a bell pepper, only to find a baby bell pepper inside, often covered in seeds? Or weird stalagmite growths inside that look like they might someday be a pepper? This is called Internal Proliferation, and is naturally occurring. The little pepper inside the bell pepper is… Continue reading Why Do Bell Peppers Have Babies Inside?