Herbal Gardening

stacked mason jars of canned veggies

Preserving Your Vegetable Harvest

Brining, Fermenting, Pickling and Dehydrating are easy methods you can use to make tasty treats that also prolong the life of the food using naturally occurring microorganisms or low heat...

Preserving Your Vegetable Harvest

Brining, Fermenting, Pickling and Dehydrating are easy methods you can use to make tasty treats that also prolong the life of the food using naturally occurring microorganisms or low heat...

close up of composted dirt bucket with gloved hands holding some of the dirt

Use of Microbes in Gardening Part 2

You probably already have the idea of the importance of using microorganisms in your garden from the last blog, but it bears repeating. 

Use of Microbes in Gardening Part 2

You probably already have the idea of the importance of using microorganisms in your garden from the last blog, but it bears repeating. 

Use of Microbes in Gardening

Use of Microbes in Gardening

This doesn’t get talked about enough. You hear about nutrients like organic matter and water, and adequate temperature and sun, but it is not generally realized that none of this...

Use of Microbes in Gardening

This doesn’t get talked about enough. You hear about nutrients like organic matter and water, and adequate temperature and sun, but it is not generally realized that none of this...

Close up of a lady bug on a leaf

Garden Maintenance: Beneficial Bugs

The subject of bugs might not be everybody's favorite, but since they really affect our food supply, I want to tell you about some that are friendly to our survival,...

Garden Maintenance: Beneficial Bugs

The subject of bugs might not be everybody's favorite, but since they really affect our food supply, I want to tell you about some that are friendly to our survival,...

Allotment vegetable garden with marigolds / companion plants, onions, strawberry plants

Garden Maintenance: Trap Plants

As far as plants are concerned, you will find the right plants to use depending on what you are planting when you do your research. But there are a few...

Garden Maintenance: Trap Plants

As far as plants are concerned, you will find the right plants to use depending on what you are planting when you do your research. But there are a few...

Close up of a plant with a cluster on insects on a leaf

Garden Maintenance: Insects and Pests

Nature is always trying to keep itself in balance it seems, just like the body. When the body does it, it’s called homeostasis. In nature we just call it “The...

Garden Maintenance: Insects and Pests

Nature is always trying to keep itself in balance it seems, just like the body. When the body does it, it’s called homeostasis. In nature we just call it “The...