Gardening is a big part of homestead life, particularly when you have a family of 14 to feed, and like to share with others! We’ve started from minimal experience, and would love to share the pitfalls and successes we’ve had to help you in YOUR gardening efforts.
If only all weeds were this obvious, right? If you find organized planting and early weed identification to be the simplest, most hassle-free of tasks, this post is probably not for you. For the rest of us mere mortals, I’ll be writing a simple three step plan to turn your …
Hello, readers! Is your watering system having trouble watering your whole garden without getting frustrating dry spots, spending all day in the garden, or else paying a fortune? I’m back again today to give you my promised watering system and solve all those problems in one convenient post. First, I’ll …
Just how big can a raised bed garden box be? In our family, that question isn’t nearly as rhetorical as you might think. We’re up to a six hundred square feet of raised bed garden space… And planning for another 1,000. Not terribly long ago, I promised to share my …
How are you coming on planting your garden? If you’re like me, you’ve got about a hundred or more things on your plate; or at least it feels like you do. With that much to do it’s hard to do things long before they need to get done. Some call …
Potatoes kill your peas? Garlic kill your onions? You’re probably looking for a companion planning guide so that your veggies won’t fight a world-war for nutrients, aren’t you? Here it is! Right in time, hopefully, to assist you in planning your own garden. After telling about my companion planting guide …
Handyman here to tell you, today, about the good and the bad of my second year in the garden. I learned a lot, and hopefully you can find something worth learning, too. As you may remember from the account of my first year of gardening, I had a few things …
Greetings, readers. This is Handyman and today I’m writing about what transpired during my first year trying to grow vegetables in our own garden. It was quite the learning experience and I hope you enjoy – and possibly learn something from my mistakes. First, a couple of questions to begin: …
