Homemade Seed Starting Soil Mix Recipe
Seed Starting Soil from the store (or online) can be really expensive, especially if you are starting a lot of plants from seed. Learn how to make your own homemade…
My 2020 Garden Vegetable Varieties
This is a list of the garden vegetable varieties that I am growing in my garden in 2020. I'll give you little snippets of why I chose those varieties for…
How to Make Beard Balm
Currently, beards are pretty trendy. Also, with "No-Shave November" and Christmas coming up, a homemade beard balm is a great gift idea for the bearded folks in your life. Learn…
Cornmeal & Fennel Seed Digestive Biscuits
These cornmeal and fennel seed digestive biscuits are big on flavor and texture. Rich, golden cornmeal offers these biscuits a light, airy texture, while anise-tasting fennel seeds benefit your digestive…
Clever Ways to Extend Your Gardening Season
There are many clever ways to extend your gardening season. Below, I will explain the various techniques that can get you up to 6-8 extra weeks of garden productivity. These…
Finding Joy in the Garden in Fall: Dealing with Harvest Overwhelm
Learn how to find joy in the garden in fall, despite struggling with frantic feelings of urgency to get everything done in the garden and often dealing with harvest overwhelm.…
Easy Refrigerator Dill Pickle Slices
This quick pickle recipe is perfect for those days when you’re only getting a handful of pickles from the garden. Instead of getting all of the canning equipment out for…
Homemade Garlic Dill Pickles (A Canning Recipe)
Since I finally had a good crop of pickling cucumbers, I decided to make a variation of my family’s homemade garlic dill pickles recipe. These flavorful pickles are the perfect…
How to Make Your Own Compost
Learn how to make your own compost. Making compost is a wonderfully sustainable way to make healthy soil for your garden from your own kitchen scraps and livestock/yard waste. This…
Garden Fresh Pizza Sauce Recipe
With only a small basket of tomatoes from your garden (as well as some fresh garden herbs), you can easily whip up this garden fresh pizza sauce recipe and make…