Dreaming of spring and the chirps of baby chicks! Starting early means eggs by summer’s end. For first-time chicken keepers, let’s explore tips and advice for raising chicks. Ready for fluffy friends in your backyard? Dive in!
5 Essential Tips for Homesteading Beginners
New to homesteading? Discover essential tips for beginners to kickstart your self-sufficient journey. From choosing the perfect homestead to starting a thriving garden and embracing sustainable practices, this guide offers valuable insights. Join us as we embark on a fulfilling homesteading adventure, one step at a time!
Growing Your Garden: Starting Seeds Indoors
Now that you have your seeds, which ones do you start indoors? And how do you start seeds indoors? That’s the topic we are discussing today!
Growing Your Garden: Direct Sowing Seeds
Direct sowing is best for certain seeds. In this post, we discuss which seeds need to be directly sown, and when and how to direct sow.
Planning Your Garden: Your Planting Calendar
In this post, I will walk you through planning your garden planting calendar, as well as give you some tips to help you keep it organized!
Planning Your Garden: Types of Seeds and Where to Find Them
Once you have made a list of the plants you’d like to grow in your garden, it’s time to look into buying seeds. There are so many terms thrown around that it would be easy to get overwhelmed if you aren’t sure what they mean. Should you buy organic or conventional seeds? Should you buy …
Planning Your Garden: Make a List of Plants to Grow
In the first of the “Planning Your Garden” series, I give four easy steps to making your list of plants to grow, how to know what grows best in your area, and whether you should start your plants from seed or from starts.
A Simple, But Effective Way to Store Your Seeds
It’s almost gardening season! Before you go buying your seeds, you will need a good place to store them. I wanted to show you my seed storage system so that you can see one method of storing and organizing your seeds.
12 Reasons to Plant French Marigolds in Your Vegetable Garden
I used to think that flowers were only useful for looks. I didn’t care too much for growing flowers – I only wanted to exert my energy growing vegetables that could feed our family. But the more I have learned about gardening and growing food, the more I have come to appreciate flowers and their …