Composting is not only great for your garden but also for the environment. If you are a home composting enthusiast and are dedicated to recycling your leftover food scraps, an indoor compost bin is a ...
When to Pinch Pennies and When to Pay for Quality as a Homesteader
I had this fantasy that I could create our dream homestead for a few hundred dollars. I re-purposed wood, salvaged fencing, and begged, borrowed, or rescued (from the landfill) everything we needed to ...
54 Stunning DIY Vertical Garden Ideas to Grow in Small Space
I've found my green fingers in recent years and, although I never thought I would, I've been loving helping my mom in her beautiful garden. Where I am currently living there is no garden, so I've had ...
11 Natural Air Fresheners That Will Make Your Home Smell Divine
We all like our homes to smell great, but some of the fragrance products out there can come with a hefty price tag when it comes to health and wellbeing. Recent studies show that indoor air fresheners ...
How to Start a Thriving Square Foot Garden in 5 Easy Steps
All the options we have with gardening these days blow my mind. My great-grandparents were farmers, and they didn’t have all of these interesting options. They merely put seeds in the ground and ...
7 Practical Ideas for Self-Sustaining Homes You Can Actually Do
Are you striving to live a more self-sustained lifestyle? Do you feel as though your home is holding you back from accomplishing this goal? It appears as though you have two choices. You can build ...
How to Create the Perfect Hugelkultur Garden in Your Backyard
Do you enjoy trying out different gardening techniques? Perhaps you’ve developed a recent interest in sustainable permaculture? If so, you’ll definitely be interested in learning about ...
An Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Gardening with 17 Staple Crops
The first year I tried to grow a self-sufficient garden, I made some huge mistakes. First, I read the seed catalog on an empty stomach. All those delicious descriptions made me buy so many ...
Growing Vanilla: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Vanilla Beans Successfully
Do you like to make your own extracts? After learning how easy it is to do, it’s almost crazy not to make them yourself. However, purchasing vanilla beans can be more expensive than buying the vanilla ...