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Winter always seems too long, especially for a vegetable gardener.   During the garden’s winter down-time you have probably (or should have at least) planned the next growing season, decided what you want to grow, ordered your seeds

Stand in front of your kitchen pantry, look to see what you can grow and make/can yourself.  Get away from the highly processed, GMO, and pesticide-ridden foods you have been buying.  Try to replace at least one or two items each year; your body will thank you!!

Growing Good Carrots; Let’s Talk About This Root-Crop and How to Grow Them 

The seeds and the starter plants are in the ground, now what? The hard work is done, for a while, so between planting and harvesting what needs to be done in the garden? 

There are three most important things to do: watch, defend and feed.

Growing a Garden for the First Time

Now is a good time to start raising your own food; if you have never planted a garden at home,  before you start there are a few things to take into consideration.

First and foremost, you need to decide what you want to grow; that will dictate what type of garden space you need. 

Never in my 61 years have we seen a time such as this; where our food comes from all over the world and then suddenly the borders have been closed.  Farmers and food processors, canners, may have trouble getting the needed labor across the border to pick the produce.  Will there be a shortage of food in the US, probably, will people that have gardens be affected, not so much.   

Now more than ever it is important to learn how to grow your own food at home.

I love the taste and aroma of garlic. Nothing else sets your mouth to watering than the smell in your kitchen when garlic is cooking.  Not only does it taste and smell fantastic, it has a lot of health benefits too. Garlic is thought to have effective anti-bacterial, and anti-viral properties, as well as helping to lower blood pressure, bad cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. It has been used to prevent cancer, treat skin infections, relieve toothaches, reduce plaque in the arteries, improve metabolism and boost your immune system.

After your harvest is complete you will want to clean up your beds and get them ready for a long winters nap; that is unless you are lucky enough to live in a spot where you can grow year-round.

The happenings of last Saturday are the reason we left the big city and decided to move to the country.

When planning a garden bed forget about using railroad ties.

Great recipes for all those cucumbers your Aaron's Homestead Garden!

Growing cabbage at home in a raised bed, just to make our own sauerkraut!

No, volunteers in the garden are not a hoard of people showing up at your place to pull weeds, the volunteers I am writing about are the plants that pop up in the Spring that you did not intentionally plant.  This year in my garden I have a few mystery squash plants that sprang to life in a compost pile in my greenhouse.

Learn how to grow this tasty green spring vegetable

 Children learn by example, they learn self-esteem by what they feel good about accomplishing, and they learn to eat healthy foods by growing what they eat themselves. 

Check Out Our New Folding Trellis! 

A quick search on internet and you will find many DIY raised garden beds using recycled wood pallets, but is that a good choice?

If you want to grow your own food but don't have much time or know-how, planting in raised and elevated planter boxes are the way to go!

Ask any seasoned vegetable gardener what is the most important aspect to getting a good yield out of a raised bed vegetable garden and they will tell you it’s “all in the soil you use”. Then ask them what kind of soil to use and each gardener will tell you something different, but most all will agree that your vegetable soil needs to be rich in organic matter. That nice dark crumbly sweet-smelling soil is like finding gold to a grower.

 It's that time of the year to start planning your garden. Everyone knows how good a fresh out-of-the-garden a tomato tastes.

How to grow a lot of food in a small space using companion, succession and intensive gardening methods.