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General Gardening Tips

These garden tips will help your garden grow a little easier.

Are you ready to try feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) for migraines instead of grabbing for Excedrin? A tincture is an easy way to get started.
Regardless of whether you garden indoors or out, you should be composting. It can seem overwhelming, but I;m going to simplify the process for you.
Water conservation has a great number of benefits. The homestead is ripe for opportunities to save water. Here are a just a few to get you started!
Anyone can plant pretty flowers, but it takes time and effort to maintain a garden and keep it looking beautiful day after day.
You've come home from the garden show. Now what? Get garden savvy and you'll be excited to start a new garden on your homestead every year.
No garden is complete without tomatoes. It's the star when planting on a patio or in a huge garden. Here are tips for growing amazing tomatoes.
Some of the best stuff on the homestead happens in summer, but summer comes with struggles as well. Hears how to deal with it and survive it.
Gardeners and farmers have hard-working hands that need TLC. This homemade hand cream helps moisturize and soothe rough, achy hands.
Sage (Salvia officinalis) is commonly referred to as common sage, or garden sage, but common doesn't do it justice and it deserves a space in the garden.
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a member of the mint family and you'll want to make room for it in your herb garden this year.
Many products are now compostable, keeping them out of the landfill. Some companies are taking it to the next level with things you plant after using
Gardening Hacks: Save money and make gardening just a bit easier with these great tips and tricks. I bet there are a few that will amaze you. Happy gardening!
Frozen and canned produce is good, but sometimes fresh produce off-season is better. Discover how to use Fresh Storage to enjoy fresh produce year round.
A list of natural repellents that work on a wide array of insects in a variety of situations. Also included are great natural "after bite" solutions.
Regardless of the size of your homestead, you can create a Monarch habitat by providing food, water, cover, and a place for the caterpillars to grow.
Native bee populations are suffering.They refer to it as Colony Collapse Disorder. You can help by planting native bee-friendly flowers.
You can tap many types of trees for syrup. The list is quite long and includes all varieties of maples as well as walnuts, birches, sycamores and ironwoods.
Sprouts, herbs and shallow-root vegetables can be part of your garden indoors. If you have the space you can plant pretty much anything. Here's 10 reasons to start.
Move a portion of your garden south. How? you might ask. It is simple, with a greenhouse! You just need to find your correct greenhouse for your goals.
Greenhouses are large enough to walk into. Cold frames allow you to plant directly into the ground. Polytunnels give you the best of both.
Marigolds flowers are more than just a pretty flower. They are miracle flowers. After reading this, you'll never look at a marigold flower the same way.
Broccoli is a vegetable that I find incredibly difficult to harvest. It's not actually the harvesting part that is difficult, it's the timing that's hard.
Many people wonder when and how to prune their tomatoes. What are tomato suckers? How do you remove them? When shouldn't you remove tomato suckers?
Our Home & Garden Show is so much fun and now it the time of year they are popping up. Be successful at your next home and garden show with these 7 tips.
A harvest aprons is great for gathering up the produce you collect in your garden. I'll show you how to make one with just simple sewing. Add egg pockets to collect eggs.

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