After a long winter, gardeners eagerly await the first blooms to appear in spring. Crocus plants are some of the first little flowers to start growing when the weather gets warmer. You can sometimes ...
How to Make Ice Art to Liven Up Your Winter
Winter is an excellent time for making artwork indoors with some warming coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. But you can create art outdoors, too. Have you ever heard of ice artwork? Unlike snow angels ...
How to Use a Mustard Pour to Combat Destructive Insects
Growing food is difficult enough without crawling interlopers wreaking havoc. Slugs, snails, beetle larvae, and cutworms are just a few species that can annihilate our plants. Many of the methods we ...
33 Ways to Conserve Water At Home
Every year we hear more and more about water uncertainty. As the climate and weather patterns shift and change, water is one of the changes we notice most. But so many of us are stuck in patterns of ...
How to Make and Use Whey at Home
Whey is the by-product of cheese production, but it's extremely handy to have in the home and garden. It's a nutritional powerhouse that can be used to feed humans and plants. But even if you aren't ...
Growing Daffodils: How to Plant and Care for This Early Spring Beauty
Some flowers are just classics. Daffodils are one such flower, and for good reason. Daffodils in bloom signal the warming of the Earth and the coming growing season. Daffodils add cheerful color to ...
How To Make Crème Fraîche at Home for a Delectable Treat
Crème fraîche, French for "fresh cream," is a popular and versatile kitchen ingredient. It adds a creamy texture and zingy flavor to numerous dishes. Even better? You can make it right at home with ...
How to Make Your Own Shampoo
Those of us who revel in self-sufficiency tend to make self-care a high priority. For example, many of us eat organic food and make our own natural cleaning products. But what about self-care? ...
How to Keep a Garden Journal to Make You a Better Gardener
Journaling is one of the most rewarding hobbies. Each journal is a beautiful and unique way to record your thoughts, plan your dreams, or track cyclical events. I use journals as reading logs, weekly ...