Who loves a freebie? Me! Me! And who loves plants? Me too, more than anything. Combine the word “free” with the word “plants” and you’ll have me jumping up and down with delight. If you’re building a new garden or adding plants to an established one, you don’t necessarily have to break your budget. You [...]
Keeping a garden journal can seem like an extra unnecessary step and the time we tell ourselves it will take keeps most of us from starting one. The truth is, keeping a garden journal can be more than helpful; it can be fun! Creating a garden journal that is beautiful and inspires you as a [...]
Oh, gardening season, how we love you! And, just in time, we have a fantastic giveaway to share with you. How would you like to win a big harvest basket full of seeds, organic fertilizer, pruning shears and more as well as canning goods, books, a cheese-making kit and a stainless steel compost pail? I [...]
Yes, it might be the middle of winter in some places, but maybe you feel it – it’s creeping, creeping every so slowly toward spring. This is the time when minds turn to gardening, and when homesteaders’ minds turn to making the garden useful. Why grow grass when you can grow plants that could feed [...]
Spring is in the air and that means it’s time to till the ground and order seeds. I know that our northern readers are still sipping coffee by the fireplace and waiting for the snow to melt, but here in Texas we’ve already planted spring crops. Just yesterday I seeded my backyard garden and today [...]
