Pruning is an essential part of plant care, but you must take care to prune at the correct time of year. Some plants require winter pruning when they’re dormant. Winter ...

Some people think that cold weather puts a stop to composting, but that’s not true. Winter composting is a thing, and there are good reasons for keeping your compost pile ...

Dragon fruits are a wonderfully tasty fruit that you’ll be eager to start growing yourself once you try it. You may have seen dragon fruit in the store and wondered ...

Even the most experienced gardeners hesitate to try growing mushrooms. They seem intimidating, but if you love eating them, there are plenty of mushroom growing kits to help you get ...

If you’re new to making your own plant-based medicine, you may feel a bit confused or overwhelmed by the various terms out there. Sure, there’s a lot to know in ...

Hardy oranges are the most cold-resistant of the citruses and produce an incredibly sour fruit that is more pip than flesh. You can be forgiven for wondering why anyone would ...

Begonias are one of those plants that many people don’t take full advantage of. Sure, they’re pretty growing in the garden, but many of them are edible and they all ...

Buying homestead property is a pretty exciting adventure. Your dream may be ten acres of land, and you have big plans to build a cabin and a barn. But the ...

Did you know that ducks are great garden helpers? They can improve soil, eat pests (particularly slugs and snails), and help control weeds. Also, by putting them to work in ...

Porches and homesteading go together like milk and cookies or chips and salsa. They absolutely belong together and for good reason. Historically, porches enjoyed their heyday from 1880-1940. That was ...

If your plants look like they were too close to a bonfire, all covered in black soot, you more than likely have sooty mold problems. It’s easy to identify from ...

After you start your seeds and sprout your seedlings, the next hurdle that you need to conquer is transplanting your plants into your garden. Transplanting the wrong way could kill ...

Did you start a new garden this year and are now wondering what to do with your beds over the winter? The one thing you absolutely don’t want to do ...

Starting seed time is one of my favorite tasks of the year, but it can be, without a doubt, an expensive time as well. Buying the mix needed to fill ...

Rapeseed is a far more useful plant than it gets credit for. Not only can you use it to make the famous oil, but it makes good forage and an ...

It seems that as soon as the weather turns from warm to chilly, people start sniffling and hacking with all manner of colds and cases of the flu. That’s when ...

Do you know when is the best time to start a community seed bank? Right now. (And I don’t mean the blustery autumn day that I’m writing this, but whenever ...

Whether fall has just barely started to yellow the leaves in your area or you’re wondering how you’ll continue to care for your sheep as the snow keeps falling down, ...

Sheep are among the most versatile livestock to raise, but many homesteaders don’t take advantage of all their useful qualities. Sheep can be raised for meat, dairy, and as great ...

Mitsuba is as familiar to Asian chefs as parsley is to Europeans and North Americans, but it’s about time more people across the entire globe started growing this marvelous herb. ...