How to Create a Root Cellar in Your Modern Home
While most of us aren’t going to move to an acreage to build out a homestead, there are tiny bits of the lifestyle that can help you save money, grow…
You Should Try No-Dig Gardening
In school, most people learned that gardening involved planting a seed in soil, making sure it had the right amount of water and sunlight, and watching it grow. Of course,…
The Difference Between ‘Heirloom’ and ‘Heritage’ Chickens
I love an heirloom tomato; Black Krim and Aunt Ruby’s are some of my favorites to grow in the garden. I’m a huge apple nerd as well, and I love…
You Should Grow More Interesting Peppers
When most people think of growing peppers, they become devilish fiends for heat, goosing up ghost peppers and evil hybrids intended to max out the Scoville scale. I kindly propose…
How to Grow a Permaculture Food Forest in Your Yard (and Why You Should)
Modern gardening often involves weeding, turning the soil, fertilization, and pest control. But permaculture is the practice of growing a garden with the least amount of intervention possible, relying on…
The Best Ways to Use Grass Clippings in Your Garden
Photo: EsfilPla (Shutterstock) Maintaining a traditional green grass lawn is a year-round process, with mowing typically being the most time-consuming task. Not only does this involve cutting the grass, but…
What I Wish I’d Known Before I Bought a Hydroponic Gardening Tower
Hydroponics used to be a nerdy hobby for homesteaders and home pot growers. What was once required a complicated setup that resulted in absurd-looking home laboratories has now been commoditized…
Make a Bee-Friendly Watering Hole for Your Garden
While we’ve all been focused on growing a bee-friendly habitat in our gardens by planting pollinator friendly varieties, there’s something else that’s vital to the health of bees that often…
Use a ‘Weed Dragon’ to Send Weeds to Hell
If you have lots of space to cover, weeding can be tedious, time-consuming work, not to mention how hard it can be on your back and knees. There’s a fun…
You Should Install Real Drip Irrigation This Year
Drip irrigation systems make sense on a number of levels. Because you’re watering exactly where you need to, you’re watering as much as 70% less. That’s because, as you hand…