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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Bats

Going Bats! The Benefits of Bat Houses on Your Homestead

Do you want to know how amazing bats are?  I imagine some…

Patricia Halderman Patricia Halderman
wildcrafting
Gathering

Go Wildcrafting!

No matter where you live, you can create an income stream, or…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo
Noxious Weeds homesteading
Homesteading

Noxious Weeds …or Are They?

"Oh, this is beautiful!" I sighed. My fiancé had brought me out…

Nicole H. Brauner Nicole H. Brauner
Growing a Butterfly Garden, Host Plants to Attract Butterflies, Attracting butterflies with host plants, raising butterflies for profit, homesteading, homestead
Beneficial species

Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish
Gathering

Munching on Milkweed: It Hasn’t Killed Me Yet

I remember first having thoughts about living off the land when I…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish
First aid

Living with Poison Oak: Keys to Identifying this Forest Menace

As we left our home in the city, where my beautiful wife,…

Wade Truex Wade Truex
chamomile flowers, chamomile growing tips, facts about chamomile, chamomile fun facts, chamomile history, homesteading
Botany

Genteel Chamomile

"Chamomile is put to divers and sundry uses, both for pleasure and…

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram
iris Psudacorus, yellow flag iris
Flowers

Iris Pseudocorus: Exotica on the Cheap

I don't know about you, but one of the things I appreciate…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton
weeds as soil indicators
Beneficial species

Look to the Weeds: Using Weeds as Soil Indicators

Gardeners and farmers constantly battle with weeds, but they can have a…

Diana Barker Diana Barker
Preying mantis beneficial bugs
Bats

Beneficial Bugs

When I first started gardening, I knew I would probably be spending…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet
seed lifespan chart, science of seed saving, Seed Library, Seed catalog, science of seed saving, homesteading, homestead
Community

Check Out These Seeds! Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library

Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish
homesteading, how to grow food all year; 12 months of fresh produce, succession planting, 12-month garden, heirloom seeds, save seeds to save money, The Profitable Homestead, Four Seasons of Profitable Produce
Food

12 Months of Fresh Produce: How to Grow Food All Year

A homestead is not complete without a kitchen garden and a homestead…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores