Flowers and Horticulture

Homesteading Flowers and Horticulture articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Soil-Making Magic: The Secret Witches’ Spell for the Perfect Garden

Springtime gardens turn into summertime weed lots. Does this happen to you? …

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

6 Tips for Dividing Perennials in the Spring

Perennials offer great value in the flower or shade garden. These plants…

Jackson Perkins Jackson Perkins

Making The Most Of Shade: Plan, Plant, and Grow a Shade Garden

How to plan, plant, and grow a fabulous garden that lightens up…

Michael Feldmann Michael Feldmann

Food Forever: Creating a Perennial Food Forest

Growing our own produce is an important part of the homesteading lifestyle.…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Morel Hunters: Foraging for Morel Mushrooms

When the trees are sporting their new green leaves and the ground…

Melissa Hartner Melissa Hartner

Make Money with Specialty Herbs and Cut Flowers 

If you are looking for another income opportunity for your homestead, consider…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

The Peanut Man: George Washington Carver

"I believe the Great Creator has put oil and ores on this…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Seed Heads Provide Food for Wildlife and Decorate the Winter Landscape

Once the last blazing maple leaf has floated to the ground and…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell

Johnny Appleseed: The Myth and the Man

There are still those who think he was a myth, which is…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Rose Mallow Hibiscus: Southern Belle Knocks Your Socks Off in August

I have a perversion. When I go for a walk around my…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Edible Flowers: A Rose by Any Other Name Just Might be Lunch

Making a life off of your land is nothing short of one…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters

Creeping Phlox: The Patriotic Posey

Want to beautify an ugly unfriendly patch of ground, an old ditch,…