Planning and picking the right fruit trees for a homestead orchard is a great way to grow more food with less work! Our family has a simple yet complex goal for our homestead – we want to grow as much food for our family as possible. That tends to be the goal for most homesteaders,…
When your tomatoes have holes in them, you start wondering – what causes holes in tomatoes? The answer is pests. Seriously – pests are the bane of any gardener’s existence. Pests turn a beautiful garden and yield into something made of nightmares. Nothing is more upsetting than picking a beautiful tomato off the plant to…
You don’t have to stop composting in the winter. Winter composting is so easy! For the longest time, I stopped composting when the temperatures dipped lower. I assumed that winter composting was way too complicated, but I missed out on a serious opportunity to create more compost for my spring garden. Don’t be too intimidated…
Summer is the time when you need to pick and plan your cool-weather vegetables for your fall garden. A fall garden really starts in the summer. You have to decide which cool-weather vegetables you want to grow, and many need to be started inside and transferred outside later. Fall is my favorite time of the…
Tomatoes are one of the trickiest vegetables to grow, in my opinion. To preserve enough tomato products to last my family a year, I need – AT LEAST – 52 quarts but more is ideal. I struggled for years to figure out how to grow more tomatoes for my family. Tomatoes are finicky plants, and…
If you want to have a self-sufficient garden, you have to make sure you grow the right staple crops to feed your family. Learning how to be more self-sufficient and provide for your family has never been more important than this time. Starting a self-sufficient garden with staple crops is one way that our family…
A hoop house is an easy way to extend your gardening season. Instead of buying a premade hoop house or low tunnel, you can make one for yourself for $20. Actually, I made a total of 3 hoop houses that I combined into one long low tunnel. Making a DIY hoop house lets you start…
With a bit of creativity, starting seeds on a budget indoors is easy! When I first started gardening, I didn’t want to start seeds because I felt like I had to purchase all of this special equipment that was going to cost me too much money. I’m cheap, and I’m not embarrassed to admit that….
Are your fingers itching to get into the dirt? Mine too, and I cannot wait to get started on my favorite spring gardening tasks. Before you can start to garden, you need to prepare with the right tasks. You can’t just plant everything without planning and preparing ahead of time. 12 Spring Gardening Tasks 1….
Have you heard that all good gardeners need to compost but have no idea where to start? All you need to know is some composting tips for beginners. I felt the same way for years. Everyone told me that composting was easy to start, but I often overanalyze and make things bigger in my head…
