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In gardening as in life, it can be easy to fall into the same familiar patterns. Year after year, there are certain vegetables that we just always seem to plant. And it’s only natural that we should develop favorites that ...

Gardening is fun and it’s all the more so if you involve your kids. People often recollect the time they spent gardening with a parent or grandparent with much fondness. Francis Bacon called it “the purest of human pleasures.” Anyone ...

A vast expanse of property is never a necessary requirement for putting together a very practical and beautiful herb garden. Herbs are just one of the many different kinds of plants that both add beauty to a garden while simultaneously ...

Horticulture – that is, the art and science of growing plants — has long been employed as a means of enhancing a person’s physical, mental and spiritual well-being. The therapeutic effect of gardening has always been obvious to those engaged ...

You feel it this time of year. The gardener in you is itching to start planting everything, thanks to the return of singing birds and sunny days. Although there are some crops you can plant outside early, there are many ...

When starting a garden, one of the biggest costs is the seeds, but the good news is that you can provide your very own organic seed stock each and every year with a little patience and planning. Being able to ...

An herb garden is easy to grow and maintain and should be a part of every homestead. Herbs don’t require a lot of space, but if you have significant property you can plant them in the wild in large beds. ...

Many aspects of large agricultural projects and farming can be scaled down to work in a suburban or small homestead setting. Cover crops are one method that can work very well for people with small amounts of land that they ...

When the winter turns to spring on the calendar, many of us with a green thumb start getting the itch to plant vegetables. Starting seeds indoors can tide us over for a while, but what we are really anticipating is ...

Seeing a deer grazing out in the middle of a serene, sunlit field is certainly a feast for the eyes, but if that deer is grazing right in the middle of your garden, those vegetables certainly won’t be a feast ...