8 Important Things To Do On The Homestead This Summer
The warm, sunny days are upon us. While we all love to sip on cold herbal tea that’s brewed in the sunshine all
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Plants
Success with Summer Squash
With summer squash there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is: The plants are rarely bothered by critters such as
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Hydroponics: The Good, The Bad, & The Necessary Equipment
You could realistically grow an entire garden hydroponically in your own home, and with a large enough financial investment, have fresh produce year-round
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How to Grow Tomatoes
You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow! Simply choose
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Is It Time To Revive “Survival Gardens?”
With a global pandemic circling the globe and fears of food shortages, many are looking more closely at resurrecting the long-ago practice of
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Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere!
Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden vegetables. There
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GET MORE FROM YOUR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR
When spring finally arrives, it’s always exciting to get those first seeds safely tucked into the ground. But don’t put away your gardening
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Productive & Easy Container Gardening
Some of us are restricted entirely to small spaces, and some of us have either clay, rock, or sandy soils that are easier
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10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and growing tricks
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Raised Beds – Pro-Con Fact -check
Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised beds. They don’t need any exaggerations
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How To Grow Strawberries
The flavour of warm, sun-ripened strawberries picked fresh from your own garden is something to savour. These delicious and aromatic fruits are the
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How to grow herbs
Growing your own herbs is an easy and rewarding project . Herbs are easy to grow in beds, borders, containers, or on windowsills.
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4 Sustainable Practices That Will Make Big Changes!
Whether we are climate change activists or skeptics, we can all agree that we should all be doing our part to leave our
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Top 10 crops for pots
Growing your favourite crops in pots can turn even the smallest of spaces into a home allotment. Container gardening offers a world of
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5 Incredible Ways You Can Use Hemp
If there is such a thing as a wonder plant, hemp is it. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can
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How to Build a Simple Hoop House
The easiest way to protect your plants for the winter is to put them in a row, say 6 or 7 pots wide.
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Cattail Plants: Friend of the Forager, Bushcrafter, and Basket-Maker
Have you ever driven past a marsh, only to see a forest of tall stalks that seem to be topped with hot dogs?
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Tree Pruning Tips
There are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs begin to arrive in the
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Foraging For Edible Weeds
When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. Foraging for food in the most unlikely places can solve the starvation
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7 Reasons Why You Should Have a Medicinal Garden
Growing medicinal plants are a great way to ensure garden sustainability and more notably, have access to natural medicine when you need it most.
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6 Ways to conserve water and money when watering your garden
You might think that there’s nothing in this world simpler than watering a garden plant. However, there actually are proper ways to water
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The Secret to Building a Salad Keyhole Garden
A keyhole garden is a remarkably adaptable element that works in a range of garden styles. Visiting other people’s gardens is a lovely
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Fight Dirty: How to Become a Backyard Garden Guerrilla Even If You’ve Never Grown a Tomato
Sometimes I think that the next Revolutionary War will take place in vegetable garden battlefields, all across America. Instead of bullets, there will
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