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Organic Gardening

Organic gardening doesn’t have to be expensive or confusing. These posts offer real-life solutions for building healthy soil, managing pests naturally, and growing food with confidence.

  • A hand pointing at a kale leaf damaged by caterpillars in a home garden
    Backyard Gardening

    7 Natural Garden Pest Control Tricks That Actually Work Fast

  • Rhubarb growing in damaged soil.
    Backyard Gardening

    Repairing Damaged Soil: Tips & Strategies for a Lush Garden

  • A toilet filled with marigolds sitting in a field.
    Backyard Gardening

    Should You Pee On Your Compost? Urine in the Garden: Beneficial or Not

  • A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost
    Backyard Gardening

    A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost

  • A large black rubber bucket filled with sticks and a rake sitting next to the wood pile.
    Backyard Gardening

    How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter: An 8-Step Guide

  • A graphic of a hugelkultur garden bed.
    Backyard Gardening

    Hugelkultur: Permaculture Raised Beds

  • Plant your produce in rich, healthy soil. Go a step further and choose organic and natural amendments to enhance your soil quality and correct imbalances.
    Backyard Gardening

    Organic Amendments for Healthy Soil

  • Like peas and carrots, chickens and gardens belong together (though not occupying the same space). Chickens want to work. Why not harness that natural instinct?
    Homestead Animals

    Let Your Chickens Do Your Composting

  • Close-up of powdery mildew on large gourd leaves, showing a white, powdery fungal growth.
    Backyard Gardening

    Baking Soda & Natural Treatments for Powdery Mildew

  • Close-up of dried banana peels scattered on a wooden surface.
    Backyard Gardening

    Pantry Staples for Gardening: Frugal Fixes That Actually Work

  • A permaculture vegetable garden.
    Backyard Gardening

    Improve Your Garden with These 8 Permaculture Herbs

  • Close-up of a hand holding red wiggler composting worms above a worm bin filled with kitchen scraps and shredded cardboard.
    Backyard Gardening

    Vermicomposting for Beginners: Start Composting with Worms

  • A well-maintained eco-friendly yard with a white upcycled fence in the background.
    Backyard Gardening

    How to Create an Eco-Friendly Yard & Garden on Your Homestead

  • Close-up of a vibrant orange and red marigold flower in full bloom, surrounded by blurred foliage and additional marigolds in the background.
    Backyard Gardening

    Are Marigolds and Calendula the Same? Benefits of Marigolds

  • Swales are an amazing permaculture implementation for your homestead - It's a designing system that work harder than you do.
    Backyard Gardening

    Swales are Just Swell for the Homestead

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Become Self-Sufficient

Upcycle Pill Bottles (22 Ideas!)
Upcycle Old Holiday Cards
Goat Milk Shampoo Bar Recipe
DIY Unpaper Towels Guide
Upcycle Those Old Bed Sheets

Get Cooking — Yum!

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes
Peel Tomatoes (No Boiling!)
Crispy Homemade Dill Pickles
4 Cheese Baked Mac & Cheese
Freeze Spaghetti Squash

Transform Your Green Thumb

Easy DIY Garden Trellises
Winter Sowing Made Simple
Winter Sowing by Zone
Burn Barrel Basics for Homes
Grow Hyssop in Your Garden

Add Some Animals

Chicken-Safe Plants List
Cheap DIY Nesting Boxes
Fix Spraddle Leg with a Glass
Why Sand is Best for Coops
Weird (But Normal) Quail Behavior

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