Gardening is truly a wonderful thing. It offers so many facets of gratification whether as a source of meditation, exercise, or food security. But growing food can also be a very serious and pragmatic endeavor. There have been times in the past where war and …
Category: Gardening
How To Save Vegetable Seeds
Seed-Saving Tips for the most Commonly Grown Garden Vegetables
A Gardener’s Guide To Keeping Chickens The Right Way
Maximize the benefits of keeping chickens as a gardener by utilizing these principles in your planning and design
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Winter Blues Got Me Building Indoor Gardens
I miss dirt and sunlight and the color green so bad! I was checking out my seeds and decided to bust out some diy skills and put together a space for a herb garden in my kitchen. If you’ve read about my kitchen then you’re …
Gardening 2015
photos from the 2015 garden season
Gardening 2016
gallery of photos from the 2016 garden season
Keeping Chickens – Building a Chicken Coop
The process of becoming a crazy bird lady
Weekend Project: Garden Paths
Another chapter in our neverending backyard projects saga wrapped up this year with the installation of a firepit area and garden paths. We have really crummy grass because I can’t be bothered to invest time and money into maintaining something that provides so little benefit; …
Garden Diversification: Installing a Pond
This spring we had the WORST mosquito problem. It was so bad that our municipality adopted a garlic spray plan to reduce them. We decided to take it a step further by installing our own backyard pond. Mosquitos lay their eggs in water; fish eat …
Growing a Garden
In the 3 years we have lived in our home the backyard has transformed from an empty greenspace into one of favorite places to spend time. We learned that it really doesn’t take much to get started. We began in the first summer with a …
