Would you like to build a greenhouse? Are you interested in having extended seasons and potentially gardening year-round with a greenhouse garden? Building a greenhouse or high tunnel can give you ...
9 Irrigation System Options for Effortless Watering on Your Garden
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 ...
Tomato Fertilizer: How to Feed Your Plants for the Ultimate Harvest
You’re not a real gardener unless you’ve successfully grown tomatoes. That's how I suspect some green-thumbed folks feel. So if you've struggled to get your tomato plants to thrive, you may be ...
Broody Hens: Causes, Breeds, and How to Take Care of Them
Broody hens can be viewed as a burden or the greatest asset to your chicken flock, depending on your outlook and goals. A broody hen is a chicken that wants to sit and hatch a clutch of eggs. If you ...
Growing Peaches: The Complete Guide to Plant, Care, and Harvest Peaches
Biting into a ripe peach is an experience. The bright sweetness of the flesh and the tangy skin are unbeatable, especially if you can find one fresh off the tree. That's why growing peaches is so ...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drip Irrigation
Rain rain go away, come on back some other day! What happens when the rain does go away, and your plants are suffering from lack of water? Some people turn on the sprinklers, but drip irrigation may ...
20 Types of Moss to Consider for Your Next Garden Project
I’ve always been fascinated by moss. The way it grows close to the ground and in clumps or mats is so unlike anything else. I’ve always felt drawn to gardens that utilize moss, and finding it growing ...
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 ...
How to Extend Your Cool Season Crops and Spare Your Soil Despite the Heat
After our 19th consecutive day of over 85°F weather with only 1/10th an inch of rain in more than a month, it's starting to feel like the Sahara on our homestead. Oh, did I mention it's still ...