Gardening
How To Grow, Harvest, Store, and Use Pumpkins!
I love growing, preserving, and using pumpkins almost as much as I do sweet potatoes! I like the simplicity of starting them from seed, transplanting them into the garden, and then leaving them there until the rest of harvest rush is over. If you want to grow pumpkins, I have some tips for you!
Read More7 Fall Garden Tips + FREE Printable CHECKLIST!
Summer draws its final breaths. You can feel the earth and all her creatures heave a sigh of relief as the heat is dissipating and crisp, cool mornings arrive. The change of temperature turns my gardener thoughts to the fall garden. The onslaught of harvest and preserving is over. Time for some deep breaths while…
Read More3 Best Ways To Preserve Mulberries
One of my fondest memories as a child was riding my bike into town and parking it under the HUGE mulberry tree that hung over the sidewalk. I would eat until my belly was full and my hands were purple. You can only imagine my excitement when I found out that our new land included…
Read MoreSTOP! Don’t Throw Away That Strawberry Top! Here are 5 Amazing Uses
Have you been throwing the best part of the strawberry away all these years? Well maybe not the best part, but we’ve been throwing away something that can serve a greater purpose. Are strawberry tops safe to eat? Not only are they safe to eat but they are full of vitamins and here are 5 ways…
Read MoreStrawberries: Nutrition, Benefits & Recipes- Over 30 ways to use them!
Strawberries: Nutrition, Benefits & Recipes- Over 30 ways to use them! Strawberry picking is one of the nostalgic memories I have of my youth and it is a tradition I have passed on to my children. Very rarely do we ever miss a strawberry season that we don’t go picking as a family. With…
Read MoreGrowing Asparagus- Everything You Want To Know
Everything You Want to Know About Growing Asparagus Asparagus is the most worry-free perennial vegetable plant there is for the home gardener. If you love asparagus as much as I do, you know how expensive it is to buy. I will share with you everything you want to know about growing asparagus so you can…
Read MoreHow To Keep Deer Out Of Your Garden
We’ve all been there. You work hard all spring, watch the seeds sprout, flower and bloom and then one morning you wake up to check on everything and suddenly you notice IT’S GONE! The deer came and ate all of your hard work while your back was turned. Ugh!!! Don’t give up, here are some…
Read MoreForaging For Wild Edibles On Our Land
When we moved to our new land, I never imagined all the free food I would find. I wasn’t really purposefully foraging for wild edibles at the time, more just getting familiar with my surroundings. But everywhere I looked, I saw food, FREE food!
Read More12 Places to Get Cheap or Free Garden Plants & Seeds
Growing your own food shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Yet we spend billions (with a lot of zeros) on lawn care and gardens each year. Kind of seems counterproductive if we are spending more money growing our vegetables than it costs to buy them from the store. Time to tap into your frugal…
Read MoreHow to Get FREE Food That’s Healthy! By Gleaning The Fields
Sometimes desperation is the mother of invention. When you are on a tight budget, or are facing hunger, you look outside of the box. That is exactly what my friend Leia did when she needed food and found out about gleaning the fields. Gleaning the fields not only provides free food, but it’s healthy! “I’d…
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