Farm and Garden
Plants and produce from rural America
Tips for Saving Seeds
By Lois Hoffman
Saving your own seeds, from your vegetable and flower gardens, not only gives you the satisfaction of knowing that each planting season is a part of something bigger, but it is also practical in so many other ways.
Everyday Carry for the Homesteader
Written and Photos by Dana Benner
Plan for the best and prepare for the worst with these tips and tools for daily safety and emergency survival on the homestead.
Free Food in the Winter Woods
By Bruce Ingram
Learn how you can forage a medley of plants and fungi from the winter woods, even during the bleakest months of the year.
Espaliers: Train a Tidy Fruit Tree
By Andrew Weidman
Improve the quality of your fruit harvest, and the look of your landscape, by training trees to grow in flat, fanciful forms known as āespaliers.ā
Saw a Bug! Pest-Free Garden Update
By Lois Hoffman
You can have it allāthat is a beautiful, bountiful garden without all the chemicals.
Sweet September...
By Mary Murray
The amber light of autumn has arrived, and itās time to harvest the last of summerās bounty and find ways to preserve it for the coming months.
What's the Best Time of Day to Harvest Your Garden Vegetables?
By Ricardo Elisiaro
Tips on when and how to harvest your crops.
DON'T MICROMANAGE YOUR GARDEN
By Lois Hoffman
For us folks that love gardening, it is hard not to want to control everything that happens in our garden but we need to learn to step back and let Mother Nature do a little of the work.
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