Vegetable gardening is an enjoyable experience. As a gardener, you determine the size of the garden, what type of plants, and ultimately where the plants are planted… raised beds, containers, or traditional garden beds. Every spring you either sow seeds or plant seedlings. Sure it is work, but you get to enjoy fresh produce from […]
4 Steps to Harvest Chives
When spring makes an appearance, I become giddy. Not only does this signal an end to snow and freezing temperatures, but it harkens the awakening of the garden. Fruit trees display their blossoms, shrubs begin to leaf out, and perennial herbs begin to rise up from the soil, full of promise. But one plant in […]
Skip Processed: Easy to Make Peanut Butter
Few things can take me back to my childhood like this magical spread. It is thick, creamy, yet spreadable all at the same time. And let’s not forget the aroma. Opening a jar of it and I am instantly back in my mother’s kitchen as six-year-old just home from school. There in front of me […]
Getting Started with Package Bees
Spring is an exciting time for beekeepers. If you have existing hives the workers are busy gathering nectar and pollen while the queen is laying eggs. But if you just starting out or lost your previous colony of honey bees, it is the time that package bees arrive! Before you order package bees, do your […]
Cottage Cheese at Home: Better than Store Bought
Grocery stores carry it in their dairy sections in small, nondescript containers. Diners usually have it listed as a side dish or perhaps under a special header such as “Diet Plate”. But allow me to shed light on an often passed over dairy product. Folks, it is time to fall in love with cottage cheese… […]
Can You Really Homestead in the City?
I have farming in my blood. My dad was a farmer. His father was a farmer. His grandpa was a farmer. You get the point. Yet as an adult, I moved to the city and left the country life behind me… or so I thought. I had an urge to get my hands in the […]