How to Make DIY Plant Fertilizer for the Vegetable Garden
Make inexpensive environmentally-friendly homemade plant fertilizer for your vegetable garden from foraged and waste materials. Includes DIY plant fertilizers you…
spring
How to Make Easy Rhubarb Jam
Preserve spring rhubarb in a sweet soft-set jam for spooning over desserts or yogurt. The recipe needs just three ingredients and includes very simple instructions.
How to Start Seeds Indoors During the Winter
Tools and tips for starting seeds indoors including when to sow seeds, grow lights, propagators, and ways to successfully grow seedlings during the winter.
How to Grow Rosemary in Pots, Indoors, and the Garden
How to grow rosemary in pots, indoors and out in the garden, and also share how to harvest and use rosemary for both cooking and medicinal purposes.
Quick and Easy DIY Raspberry Trellis
How to create an easy raspberry trellis for autumn-fruiting raspberries. It’s an H-shaped frame that gives support to wide beds of raspberries and is very easy to build. Also tips for alternative designs depending on planting style and raspberry type.
Homemade Dish Soap Recipe for the Zero-Waste Home
A simple homemade dish soap recipe with long-lasting fluffy bubbles that get dishes squeaky clean. Includes full cold process soap making instructions and uses recycled glass ramekins as containers. This recipe is perfect for the natural and zero-waste home
20+ Winter Gardening Ideas for the Vegetable Garden
These twenty winter gardening projects will keep you busy in the colder months and prepare the garden for the year ahead. Ideas include creating more growing space, DIY plant pots, planting hedgerows and bare-root plants, and much more
How to Use Black Plastic to Kill Weeds and Grass
Black plastic mulch can kill grass and weeds to make space for a vegetable garden or new border. It’s an eco-friendly way to clear land without having to use herbicides.
The Best Tasting Pumpkins to Grow in the Garden
Ten of the best pumpkins to grow for eating including the type used to make Libby’s pumpkin puree. Also, tips on the best eating pumpkins to grow in cooler climates and small gardens.