Strawberry jam is just the best, isn’t it? I love having fresh strawberry at the beginning of the season, to put on toast, waffles, ice cream, oatmeal …. mmmmm. As a strawberry jam lover, I have tried my fair share of strawberry jam recipes. Each one is a little different. I actually make a few […]
Farmhouse Garden
How to grow a garden for profit
I have always loved growing a garden to feed my family, but it wasn’t until five years ago that I decided I wanted to try and make a little extra money from my passion. To be totally honest, it wasn’t really about making money, it was more about not letting so much go to waste. […]
How to switch to organic gardening
When it comes right down to it, I am not crazy obsessed with being “organic”. Here is what happens to me… I hate bugs in my garden, and I hate weeds. I WANT OH SO BAD to spray them all with chemicals and be done with them, but when I start to even come close […]
Start your own heirloom seed vault
Seed vaults are one of those things I have wanted to start for a long long time. I know how important it is to know how to save your own seeds, and I also understand how valuable an heirloom seed vault would be in an emergency situation. I mean what would you do if you […]
How to plan a no-maintenance garden
A “no-maintenance” garden is really all about the planning. There are several key things that you must do in the beginning of the season, that will greatly affect your garden for the whole year. It took me almost ten years to honestly convince myself that if I didn’t do buck up and do these things […]
3 big composting mistakes
I used to think composting was this complicated and elaborate process, that would only be worth it if I did it exactly perfect. Well let me tell you that is completely wrong. In fact, it is pretty darn far in the opposite direction. I would imagine there are some of you out there who […]
How to get free seed catalogs
I will warn you up front that this won’t be a very long post. That is only because getting free seed catalogs is so easy. Seed companies are actually looking for people to send their catalogs too. The more people that get their catalogs, the more people buy their seeds. But you don’t just want […]