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

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Weird Things to Grow and Market on the Homestead

It’s a fact that, as a species, we bore easily.  Curious beings…

Bonnie Lavigne Bonnie Lavigne

The Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Homesteader

Returning to the land is a desire that has coursed through the…

Wren Everett Wren Everett

Small-scale Homesteading: How Much Do You Really Need?

I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs.  One in particular chronicles…

Rebecca Long Rebecca Long

High Tunnel On The Homestead

Homesteaders who are trying to earn a portion of their income by…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

How a Farmer Grows Grapes in Alaska

When you think of grapes, warm regions like France may come to…

Samuel Feldman Samuel Feldman

Composting with Worms: They Wiggle While They Work

If you love gardening and permaculture, then you’ll dig (pun intended) composting…

Kristin Mauer Kristin Mauer

Growing Horseradish on the Homestead

An Alternative Crop for Your Homestead Growing horseradish on your homestead offers…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

New-fangled Neolithic: Embrace Your Inner Hunter-Gatherer

"The Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Demographic Transition, or Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale…

May Woodworth May Woodworth

Preserving the Harvest: Food Preservation Techniques

Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Undeservingly Unpopular Garden Plants to Try 

If a garden was a high school, Zucchini and Tomato would probably…

Wren Everett Wren Everett

8 Benefits of Wildflower Lawns

Urban sprawl has helped to bring the modern lawn into existence. The…

Cheryl Magyar Cheryl Magyar

5 Ways to Grow Food in Small Spaces

I have been gardening for about six years and, up until a…

Becca Radin Becca Radin