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. But purchasing vanilla...
Category: Gardening
Watering Tomatoes: When, How Often & How Much – 5 Pro Tips
Watering Tomatoes Is a Science and an Art If you love gardening, you’ve probably already asked an expert or yourself this question: “How often should...
How to Reuse Potting Soil Safely
How to Recycle Potting Soil There’s no need to buy potting soil every time you make a container garden. You can reuse the old stuff!...
How to Create Sustainable Lasagna Gardening in Only 6 Simple Steps
Are you tired of battling excessive weeds in your garden? Maybe you feel as though gardening is becoming excessively labor intensive for you? What if...
1816 – Year Without A Summer – Massive Crop Failure, Food Shortages
A big preparedness lesson from history is the summer of 1816 – the year without a summer. Apparently Spring seemed normal that year. But as...
How to Use the Core Gardening Method to Grow with Minimal Water
Are you tired of your garden needing constant watering? Do you live in an area with an arid climate which is hard on your plants?...
An In-Depth Guide to Straw Bale Gardening for Beginners
Gardening can be challenging if you are a beginner and unsure of where to start. Gardening can be more difficult for older gardeners and people...
9 Steps to Deciding What to Plant in Your Vegetable Garden
Are you gearing up to plant your garden this year? Is this your first year gardening or a new location, and you are feeling uncertain...
19 Vegetable Garden Plans & Layout Ideas That Will Inspire You
Are you ready to plant your garden, but are feeling a little unsure of how to lay it out? Well, it seems everyone faces that...
Planning Your Homestead Orchard: Benefits of Dwarf Trees
We spend a lot of time looking at annual crops and gardens, but perennials have their places. When it comes to fruit trees, we have many...
How Much Water Does Your Vegetable Garden Need?
Water is the most essential resource plants need to survive, but gauging how much water your vegetable plants need can be difficult as there’s really...
How to Plan the Perfect Garden This Year in 10 Easy Steps
When you study history, farming was the difference between someone’s ability to thrive and simply survive. So it should come as no surprise that growing...