How To Plant Fruit Trees
Unfortunately if you want to enjoy fruit from your backyard or homestead, you are going to have to plant some trees. In the past we […]
Gardening
How To Grow Hops
Ok, these are not like Easter bunny hops, just in case you are wondering. Most people would probably not know what these are unless they […]
How To Grow Olive Trees From Seed
Who says you have to head down to the Mediterranean to enjoy some fresh olives? After successfully growing cherry trees from seeds or growing banana […]
DIY Vertical Clay Pot Garden
This would probably be of more use to someone with a limited space for gardening, than for us. However, I should admit that just like […]
How To Freeze Fresh Onions
Yep, its all fun and games when you are growing your onions in your garden. You are trying to either grow as many as you […]
DIY Chicken Poop Fertilizer
Many times on this blog we have talked about composting. We have even built many different bins, from the diy 3 bin compost bin to […]
How To Grow Pomegranates
For the love of exotic and often superfood fruits, I am never one to shy away from tasting a new fruit. After learning how to […]
How to Grow Spinach In Pots
Every now and again I like to dabble in container vegetable gardening. This usually allows me to continue gardening throughout the winter. In the past […]
How To Grow Microgreens
Ok, so just because I now live on the homestead does not mean that I cannot keep up with current trends, especially when we still […]
How To Grow Hazelnuts
You know when you can easily just buy some of these things from a store, you never really think about growing your own. The last […]
How To Use Wood Ash In Your Garden
Normally after your wood fire dies, you just collect all the ash and either throw it away or just leave it in place especially when […]
DIY Straw Bale Raised Garden Bed
I never get tired of trying out different gardening techniques. Last year we tried out the straw bale gardening, that went pretty well. The year […]
How to Grow Kohlrabi
If you are a long time reader of this blog, I can already hear you say… oh no here she goes again, trying to grow […]
How To Make Willow Rooting Hormone
The other day, I posted something on how to grow trees from twigs. There was a lot of response from that one post alone. In […]
How To Grow Trees From Twigs
OMG! Why didn’t someone tell me earlier that I could also grow my trees this way. I mean in the past we have looked at […]
How To Grow Cocoa
Oh no, here she goes again. Yep, I am going to try yet again to grow a tropical plant in a non tropical area. I […]
Canning Bell Peppers
So I was looking at my bell peppers in the garden today, and I realized that this year we may have planted more bell peppers, […]
Homemade Gardener’s Soap Recipe
When I really get into my gardening activities, I often step out of the garden looking like a kid who has just discovered a puddle. […]
How To Grow Ground Cherries
Let us get one thing straight right away, although they are called ‘cherries’ these are not really cherries at all. They are closer relatives to […]
How To Grow Sweet Potatoes In Buckets
Potatoes, I love you BUT you are not sweet. *giggles* Some days I just want to enjoy something sweet and starchy. This why I learnt […]