If you have been trudging around your homestead for any amount of time with a bucket or hosepipe, you would at some time have considered a better solution - something like an irrigation system. By ...
37 Plastic Milk Jug Hacks You Can Try at Home
Do you have lots of used milk jugs hanging around your home? You don’t want to toss them because it seems wasteful, but you aren’t exactly sure what to do with them, right? It’s hard to get milk ...
What Is Biennial Bearing and How Can You Prevent It?
Are your fruit trees throwing you through a loop? Are they producing a great harvest one year and hardly anything the next? I found myself in a similar predicament when I became the proud owner of ...
21 Refreshing Cantaloupe Recipes You Should Try Today
Cantaloupe is a delicious fruit, but you don’t frequently hear of it being used in a variety of ways. Most people toss it into a fruit salad or enjoy it as is for either a refreshing treat or a ...
How to Freeze Vegetables and Fruits to Preserve Them
Are you considering preserving some of your harvests? If you’re new to gardening and am curious about making your food last throughout the year, food preservation can feel like quite the mystery at ...
Why Causes Plant Bolting? And How Can You Prevent It?
You may have noticed certain crops starting to flower out of their tops and produce tiny seeds instead of producing the tasty green leaves you were hoping to harvest. These runaway plants are ...
Growing Figs: Best Varieties, Planting Guides, Care, Problems and Harvest
Do you have a soft spot for figs, but hate the price tag at the supermarket? Instead of spending an arm and a leg on buying figs, consider growing your own. Figs are easy to plant, they grow well ...
16 DIY Cold Frames to Extend Your Growing Season
Are you interested in year-round gardening? Would you like to be able to start your own seeds and have a designated place to harden them off? If you answered yes to either of these questions, it ...
Cool Weather Crops: The List, Growing Methods, and How to Preserve
At certain times of the year, we often suggest planting 'cool weather crops.' But do you know which plants fall under the category of ‘cool weather?’ And if they do fall into this category, when is ...