Kimchi is my absolute favorite fall ferment to make on the homestead. Plus, fall is the absolute best time of the year to make it. The key ingredients – Chinese or Napa-style cabbage, carrots, and ...
How to Improve Your Landscape Hydrology to Minimize Fire Risks
The word hydrology wasn’t part of my vocabulary until I started homesteading. I had a vague understanding of the water cycles like rainfall, runoff, reservoirs, water tables, and such. I also got that ...
How to Make Powdered Spices Easily at Home
I love to use a mortar and pestle to make powdered spice mixes for meals. When the pestle pounds seeds from coriander, mustard, cumin, cardamom, and more -- the aroma is absolutely intoxicating! It’s ...
Landscaping Techniques You Can Use to Reduce Risk of Fire
I know we all had a good laugh over the idea of raking forests to prevent fires. My favorite spoof of that gross understatement of what it takes to prevent fires was the woman who took a video of ...
10 Tips to Help You Maximize Your Greenhouse Space
Greenhouses are costly and timeconsuming to build. They require care and money to keep heated and cooled in most climates. Plus, they need regular maintenance to clean the windows or panels so they ...
18 Fall Gardening Activities to Take Your Garden to The Next Level
There's a whole lot more to gardening than just putting seeds in the ground, watering plants, and harvesting. In fact, most of the work related to gardening comes in the form of planning, soil ...
Material Volume & Weight Calculator for Mulch, Compost, Gravel, Sand, and More
I'm sure you've read those guides that tell you to add 2-3 inches of mulch or compost to your garden each year. But how do you know how much material to buy to get that 2-3 inches? Well, the ...
Why You Should Grow Baby Vegetables, and How to Do It
Last year we had so much rain in our area that for months, farmers in my area had a hard time growing full-sized produce to sell at local markets. Things were just taking too long to mature. So ...
How to Create an Exotic Edible Landscape in Your Greenhouse
If you are considering getting a greenhouse or trying to figure out how to make good use of the one you have, what about using it to create an exotic, edible landscape? Thinking of a greenhouse ...