You may have heard of salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) before, but are you familiar with black salsify (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum)? Or how to cultivate, harvest, and prepare it? This root ...
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Food Security Garden: Smart Ways to Supplement Your Food Budget
Food prices keep skyrocketing, but our incomes aren't necessarily increasing to match them. Cultivating a food security garden at home is an ideal way to keep food on the table when money's tight. ...
Accessible Gardening: 10 Ways to Make Your Garden Inclusive
No matter your stage in life, circumstances, abilities, skills, or physical limitations, there are ways to enjoy gardening. Accessible gardening is all about finding ways to make growing food and ...
The Complete Guide to Control Gophers in the Garden
The pride we all feel in our gardens, yards, and homesteads comes from the hard work it takes to set them up and maintain them. It comes as a shock when creatures we don't want around take up ...
8 Ways You Can Make the Most of a Community Plot Garden
Congratulations! You've gotten your hands on an allotment space that you can transform into your dream garden. Now what? In this article, we will help you learn how to make the most of your ...
A Basic Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Homestead Herbalism
Knowing how to heal yourself and your family members with plants that grow around your home is an invaluable skill to have. This is especially true in rural locations where medical care is scarce or ...
Leafminers: How to Identify and Control These Common Pests
Leafminers are sneaky pests that can make a mess of your garden. The worms themselves are hardly noticeable as they hide inside leaves, but the damage they do to plants is apparent. Leafminers ...
19 Burlap Projects to Add Rustic Charm to the Home
There’s a cozy, rustic feel to burlap. It’s not soft or silky. It’s thick and textured, and rough, and reminds us of its agricultural origins. You can harness this mood to use around the homestead ...
9 Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes the Pilgrims Would Have Eaten
When you think of Traditional Thanksgiving recipes, what comes to mind? Roast turkey with stuffing? Pecan pie? These foods are modern North American classics, but we're going to take a trip back in ...