Homegrown basil is one of my favorite herbs to help me spice up pizza, pasta, pesto, and homemade spaghetti sauce! But how do you harvest and trim basil leaves without killing the plant, and how do you pick basil leaves…
Classic crops, such as tomatoes, lettuce, and potatoes, are classics for a reason. Still, if you want to add some unusual, weird, and exciting colors and flavors to your garden, you might want to try some of these fruits and…
At some point or another – most homesteaders and chicken parents usually ask the following questions. Can chickens eat banana peels? And is it safe for chickens to eat banana peels? Maybe you’re trying to figure out a way to…
What goes down the drain… well, as the expression goes, it goes down the drain. If you flush something down the toilet, most people tend to think that it’s just gone forever. Your everyday person will use the john on…
Are you dealing with a sticky non-stick pan? Sadly, that’s not an oxymoron! These days, unless you live in the rural middle of nowhere, you’re probably not cooking with pure aluminum cookware. If you’ve ever cooked in an American city,…
Summer in the USA is just around the corner, and that means a number of things. It means long, lazy sunsets under the warm buzz of insects. (Or the blaring roar of ten thousand cicadas – watch out, East Coast!)…