Category: Gardens

[ad_1] Make your own DIY cleaning spray and other DIY cleaning products using simple ingredients to help clean your homestead from top to bottom! This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order to do this, please note that when you click links…

[ad_1] Learn cheap frost protection methods and see how you can keep your garden growing with freezing weather on the way! This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order to do this, please note that when you click links and purchase items;…

[ad_1] Fresh, homemade pasta sauce over pasta is hard to beat!  Learn how to make the best homemade Italian pasta sauce from scratch using simple ingredients. This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order to do this, please note that when you…

[ad_1] Late October is prime garlic planting time for the Atlanta area.  The bulbs overwinter in the garden and are harvested in the spring.  If you don’t traditionally plant winter crops, garlic is a great one to start with. Garlic (Allium sativum) is a member of the onion family.  Its use dates back to 4000…

[ad_1] You don’t need to have acres in the country to live like a homesteader and even if you have a small urban homestead, as the season progresses you will be in the kitchen quite a bit so make sure you get the right homestead kitchen supplies before the harvest season arrives! This post contains…

[ad_1] It is a great time of year for gardeners.  The seed catalogs are arriving and our gardeners are as beautiful as our imagination, and the photos from the catalogs.  These catalogs are mesmerizing.   The photos are works of art and the vegetable descriptions are literature.  Many of them contain information on vegetable history,…

[ad_1] If you are wanting to grow food reliably for you, your family, and even your community, there is a better way to grow tasty food and save seeds. This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order to do this, please note…

[ad_1] The seed catalogs keep arriving. In my household that is cause for excitement. I save them until I have time to properly enjoy looking through them. What do you do with your seed catalogs after you have looked through them and placed your orders? If you throw them into the recycling bin you are…

[ad_1] Learning how to can homegrown food is a homesteading skill you can do in the city, suburbs, and on 40 acres!  See mistakes newbie homesteaders made so you don’t make the same mistakes! This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order…

[ad_1] The Great Georgia Pollinator Podcast has launched!   University of Georgia’s Becky Griffin is the host and she designed the podcast to correspond to the Great Georgia Pollinator Census. If you are interested in pollinating insects, habitat, and research, this is the podcast for you.  It can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and…