Food
Ever Picked Watermelon Too Soon? Here is a Pretty Solution.
If you’ve ever felt the disappointment of cutting into an unripe watermelon, you’ll appreciate the brilliant recommendation our friend Hana gave us recently: Golden Midget Watermelon.
Read MoreTomato Overload! Making the Most of Your Summer Harvest
We want to make the most of our summer harvest, but Colby and I look at each other and wonder, “WHAT are we going to do with all these tomatoes?”
Read More6 Ways to Go from Harvest to Freezer Meal
I’ve known Amylee from ProductiveMama.com and her love of delicious, nutritious and convenient food for a long time. In this guest post, Amylee shares six ideas for taking your garden bounty from field to freezer to plate in a seamless process that saves you time and money—freezer meals!
Read MoreTomatoes: When, Where, and What!
The days are getting longer, the weather is warming up, summertime is coming, and I’ve got tomatoes on my mind! When can I plant my tomatoes? Where’s the best place to plant them? What variety of tomato is best and what’s the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes? So many questions about the tomato potential!…
Read MoreThe 7 Healthy Soil Habits (and How They Can End Garden Battles)
Today, so many people want to grow and eat food that’s healthy and safe. We plant. We tend. We try to use organic methods and get our kids involved. Yet we find ourselves overwhelmed by challenges and the garden we have in mind seems impossible to grow in real life. When I asked how your garden did…
Read MoreHow to Make Simple Plant Markers
Add a little pizzazz to your garden with homemade plant markers you and your kids can create in just a few hours. I love art in the garden. For me, art in our garden is almost as important as the plants. I have a particular obsession for plant markers.
Read MoreHow to Make a Bean Tipi
What do kids and beans have in common? They both love to climb! In today’s tutorial, we’ll show you how to make a bean tipi (or teepee!) for beans to climb. The kids? They’ll be hiding inside in another month or so. 🙂 This was a big project (and a big tipi!), so we spread…
Read MoreFaster Compost with the Berkeley Method
Often when gardeners make compost, we pile up materials in fall, hope for the best, and come back 6 months later. If it’s not done yet, we water, turn, and wait more. It works. But what if you want faster compost?
Read MoreBuying Compost? Be Sure You Can Say YES! to These 4 Questions…
Spring time…planting time…need-more-compost time! Let’s talk about what to look for and ask about when you buy compost.
Read MoreHow to Build a Simple Raised Bed
Start gardening this weekend with a simple raised bed your kids can help you create. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how we built a raised bed with three kids (under 5 years old!) in one weekend. Why a Raised Bed? To be honest, we wanted a raised bed for one main reason…
Read MoreLife and Learning in the Garden: An Interview with Homeschooling Homesteader Kallie Vaughn
“I wonder how we actually thought that we would try to be farmers,” she laughed, thinking back to when it all started. Today, my friend Kallie Vaughn and her husband Matt are resurrecting an old farm on 25 acres in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont. Matt teaches high school, and Kallie homeschools…
Read MoreGardening Tasks To Do in September
Seasons change, but the garden is still full of life. I love fall. Crisp morning air, apples and pumpkins, and kids in sweaters crunching through fallen leaves. But it’s a bittersweet time. The boisterous growth of the garden slows, the days grow shorter, and I sigh as I think of summer pleasures passed. Back on the bright side,…
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