My greatest homesteading sin is that I don’t save seeds. Regardless of how you get into the homesteading lifestyle, whether it’s through keeping chickens or growing your own tomatoes or baking your own bread there is always a drive towards self sufficiency or need to survive and thrive on your own with no outside help. […]
There are a lot of emotions tied to my gardens, maybe because I have so many (too many?) of them. I have a large vegetable garden, a small orchard, half an herb garden and too many flower beds to mention. They represent a lot of hard work and in the end they offer up much […]
Daffodils are one of the earliest signs of spring. I’ve planted hundreds over the years and every year is more exciting than the last. There are dozens and dozens of daffodil varieties available for a stunning spring flower show. There are so many beautiful daffodil varieties that I could never pick just one. I have […]
Right now my herb garden is home to several alpine strawberry plants, two rugosa roses, volunteer cosmos and five foot tall thistles. That’s about it. Ok, not really, there’s a lot of random weeds too. Not to toot my own horn but I have a fantastic crop of burdock this year. I’m not sure when […]
At any given time I have at least one section of garden (vegetable, herb or flower) completely overtaken with weeds. Why? Because I have too many gardens and too much shit to do. But I never panic because I know how to get on top of it. Years of being botanically overwhelmed have led to […]
