You’ve pulled a year’s worth of produce from your garden. Now it’s time to give your soil a rest. Today, your goal is to learn how to mulch your garden …

I want you to take a moment to peek out the window at your garden. Specifically, look at your tomatoes. If it’s late summer, you’re probably wondering when your tomato …

Do you grow herbs in your garden? Herbs have been an important part of human history long before we figured out how to farm. We relied on wild-foraged plants for …

In what sort of situation would it ever make sense to can water ahead of an emergency or an inclement situation? There’s a little clue for you there. It all …

Like most people these days, we’ve cut way back on red meat. Setting aside the environmental impact of raising cattle and the moral hazards of the beef supply chain, it …

Have you ever encountered something in the kitchen where it seems like everyone knows about it except for you? And then when you find out about it, you want to …

Rhubarb is an easy to grow vegetable that’s right at home in the perennial food garden. Plant it once and it will produce for decades, growing nicely alongside other forever …

Oh my gosh, this heat, right? When it’s so hot that taking a shower three times a day seems completely reasonable, the temperature is all anyone can talk about. “It’s …

Tomatoes can be such a fussy fruit to grow year after year. Too much water, not enough water, tomato hornworms, blossom end rot, blight – the list of tomato problems …

It’s hard to be cool as a cucumber when your garden gifts you with numerous and beautiful cukes, more than you can eat at once. For, as we all know, …

Exuding that telltale sweet piny fragrance, rosemary is an easy plant to grow that demands very little from the home gardener. And because a single plant can grow at least …

Nature really is a mad scientist. Take the litchi tomato as a prime example of a smattering of weird and wonderful traits, all in one plant. With its deeply lobed …

Container gardening can be a rewarding pursuit that can really help you make the most of all the space you have available. A container garden can be indoors, under cover …

Out of all rooms in the home, it is the kitchen that collects more than its fair share of plastic. Waste comes in the form of bagged fruits, vegetables and …

Angora rabbits are adorable, fluffy, and a useful addition to the homestead. Before you go out and buy one, there are some things you need to know. This homestead critter …

Widely cultivated as an herb, spice, and vegetable, parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is so much more than a decorative garnish. Native to the Mediterranean region, its name is derived from Greek …

Once the garden gets producing, everything starts coming in at once. Without some initial planning, your countertops will soon become overwhelmed with home-grown bounty. The good news is there are …

Gardeners are always on the search for a few fast-growing plants to add to their vegetable patch. Those which germinate easily and are quick to harvest. Why? Simply because we …

There’s an app for that. Yeah, it seems like there’s an app for everything these days. And those of us with green thumbs aren’t being left out. There are quite …

When you think about a food-producing garden, it’s likely that you imagine neat beds with rows of fruits and vegetables. But a typical kitchen garden is only one type of …

Whether we are talking about leaves from your gracious English walnut, or black walnut leaves, gardeners have a tendency to tense up. “Not in my garden!”, they say. There are …

Outside of utilizing the freezer as a quick food storage solution, canning is the best way to store food for extended periods of time. With a fully stocked pantry, you …

Native to the Mediterranean, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody perennial herb in the mint family. The plant’s genus, ros marinus, is derived from Latin and means “dew of the …

The wisdom to use trap crops in your garden is free for the taking. Only you have to be introduced to the concept first, to understand why it’s so important. …