Organic Gardening
How to Build a 3-Bin Composter for Less Than $5
A 3-bin composter lets you mix in one compartment, turn in another, and store finished compost in another. And you can build your own for next to nothing:) * * * I’ve been wanting a compost bin forever. When we first moved to our property...
How to Save Seeds: Seed Saving for Beginners
Learning how to save seeds will help you increase your self-sufficiency and grow healthy, productive plants year after year. Learn more about seed saving with this comprehensive guide! * * * It’s officially fall, which means it’s time to start wrapping things up in...
10 Fall Gardening Tips For A Productive Garden Next Year
Here are 10 fall gardening tips that will help you have a productive, healthy garden next gardening season. Because the best way to ensure a productive garden next spring and summer is to start this fall! *** Fall is famous for being harvest season. It’s the...
3 Ways to Get Free Organic Food (Without Growing It Yourself)
Wanna learn how to get free organic food without having to grow it yourself? Sorry. Stupid question... Of course you do:) * * * It’s no secret that organic food isn’t exactly the most affordable option when you’re purchasing it from the store. This is, of course, one...
13 Culinary and Medicinal Herbs to Grow At Home
Herbs have a long history of being used for both culinary and medicinal purposes. They truly are the reason for the famous quote, "let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food." Here are 13 must-have culinary and medicinal...
How to Grow Pumpkins From Seed
The only thing I love more than our annual trip to the pumpkin patch each fall is being able to harvest pumpkins right from our own garden. Sugar Pie pumpkins, French heirlooms, Jack-O-Lanterns, white Luminas… there are so many varieties...
How to Grow Carrots From Seed
Learn how to grow carrots from seed as well as how to harvest and store them with this simple step-by-step guide and enjoy homegrown carrots in season and year-round! Carrots are one of my favourite vegetables to grow from seed. For one, they’re easy to grow just...
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