How to Grow Great Asparagus If you love fresh, succulent spears of asparagus but don’t want to pay the price they want at the grocery store. You should consider growing your own! Unlike most vegetables, asparagus is a perennial plant…
What is the most popular vegetable to grow in your garden? Of course-tomatoes! Have you had a questionable past with growing your own tomatoes? You can grow tomatoes successfully if you follow these tomato planting tips! Planting tomato plants is…
How many times have you planted a handful of tiny seeds — onions and carrots or even herbs like basil! Have you sown a row of tiny seeds, only to end up thinning out over half the seedlings? Using seed tape…
Top 4 Tips to Build Healthy Garden Soil Soil is a blend of organic material, water, air, and minerals. The organic matter comes from plant roots, microorganisms, and decaying plants and animals. When you follow these top 4 tips to…
How to Amend Clay Soil Gardening can be difficult when your garden is mostly clay soil. Clay soil is challenging because it is dense and holds a lot of moisture. It looks like nothing would grow in it. Most people…
What is Urban Homesteading \If you live in a city and dream of someday being able to work the land and become a urban homesteader, consider this: There’s no need to wait — you can easily do many homesteading activities in…
How many times have you tried a chicken soup recipe only to find that it was plain and unsatisfying? I have tried tons of recipes! To me, nothing I like more than a big bowl of chicken soup on a…
The Perfect Chicken Broth Recipe The soul of any soup is its stock. If you have a bland stock or broth you will have a bland soup, no matter how good the other ingredients are. Who wants to eat a…
’Growing a backyard garden can be a challenge when dealing with limited space. The solution is easy! There is a method known as succession planting and it is the most effective and efficient way to resolve this problem. With a little…
What is Winter Gardening Most people believe that the vegetable gardening season ends in September and starts all over in April or May. While this may certainly be the time with the most agreeable temperatures – where you will spend…
How to grow Swiss Chard Swiss chard is a wonderful addition to any home vegetable garden. With the many varieties there are to grow, you can literally add a wide range of colors and flavors to salads and many other…
I get asked all the time, which cherry tomatoes are the best ones to grow? I also get the question, why do I grow a ton of cherry tomatoes? Every person will have their own reasons for growing a certain…
Top 10 Tomato Varieties to Grow in Your Garden I get asked all the time, which tomatoes are the best ones to grow? Of course, having said that, the most immediate thing that comes to mind is “best for whom.”…
How to Grow Garlic in Pots Why grow your own garlic? It is easy to just buy it at the market. Homegrown garlic is delicious! Once you have grown your own, you will never buy it again! You can easily…
Do you want to be a homesteader? Do you dream of taking care of the livestock and tending the garden? Yep, you might be a homesteader! That could be a line of jokes. If this is you and you live…
So you want to have your very own vegetable container garden? Are you concerned with the start up costs? Is it worth it? Absolutely! Here are 5 ways to be frugal with your container garden. Before you know it, you’ll…
Isn’t it frustrating to cut into an avocado only to find a brown, slimy mess inside? This can be very disappointing! We love avocados and use them all the time. If you are like us, then you need to learn…
Top 9 Salad Greens you should grow Creating a salad that’s bursting with flavor and color is an art, but since most salad greens and enhancements go well together, it’s hard to go wrong. Here is our list of the 9…
7 Quick Growing Veggies To Plant in your Garden So everyone else started planting their vegetable garden months ago, and you’re a little behind—but that doesn’t mean you have to settle for grocery store veggies. You can still reap a tasty harvest…
The Top 10 Organic Gardening Tips Do you want to start organic gardening? Do you want to be successful at it? We’re here to help! Here is our Top 10 Organic Gardening Tips! Tip #1 Start with a good organic…