8 Best Mulch Alternatives for a Beautiful Garden

8 Best Mulch Alternatives for a Beautiful Garden

Mulch can be an essential tool for a healthy garden with robust plants! Mulch can help protect your soil from extreme temperatures, and it can help keep the soil moist and reduce weed growth. All of this can help your…

The 7 Best Plant Covers for Winter Frost

The 7 Best Plant Covers for Winter Frost

Preparing for the winter season is one of the primary tests in establishing a durable homestead. One element of preparation includes protecting your plants. Frost has a way of penetrating the roots of young plants, damaging them, and killing them…

What to Do With Tomato Plants In Winter?

What to Do With Tomato Plants In Winter?

Winter is here! And, you have a good crop of tomato plants. So you are asking yourself, will they make it through the cold season? Or – maybe you want to plan a tomato crop that lasts year-round, so you’re…

How to Sterilize Soil With Boiling Water!

How to Sterilize Soil With Boiling Water!

We all know that high heat kills germs of various kinds.  After all, our very own bodies raise temperature to kill pathogens. We boil, roast, or bake food not only to make it more digestible and tastier but to make it safe…

Wood Chip Landscaping 101 [With Pros and Cons]

Wood Chip Landscaping 101 [With Pros and Cons]

If you are landscaping your garden, you may be considering using wood chips as a base layer. Before you do this, let’s find out the pros and cons of this garden landscaping material, and discover the best ways to use…

Pros and Cons of An Edger vs Trimmer for Your Lawn

Pros and Cons of An Edger vs Trimmer for Your Lawn

Lawn maintenance requires a certain set of tools to make sure that your property will look nice and well kept. Lawn edgers and string trimmers are two tools you might need one day, but what’s the difference between them? We’ll…

How to Harvest Chives Without Killing the Plant

How to Harvest Chives Without Killing the Plant

Even if you don’t have green fingers, most people find that a herb garden is one of the easiest things to grow. There is nothing quite like cooking with fresh herbs straight from the garden! And if you are short…

11 Homemade Arnica Salve Recipes to Easily DIY

11 Homemade Arnica Salve Recipes to Easily DIY

Arnica is one of those herbs that we may not all be super familiar with, but one that should still be in your medicine cabinet all the same. In fact, it should be right beside your elderberry syrup! Though it’s…

Why Are the Leaves on My Christmas Cactus Limp [and How to Fix It]

Why Are the Leaves on My Christmas Cactus Limp [and How to Fix It]

The Christmas cactus is a highly decorative, resilient houseplant that looks its best during the holiday season. Consequently, it is a popular seasonal gift worldwide.  Besides the exciting looks of its segmented, droopy “body,” this succulent will reward you with…

How to Propagate a Christmas Cactus In 5 Easy Steps

How to Propagate a Christmas Cactus In 5 Easy Steps

Many of us will receive a Christmas cactus as a gift during the holidays or want to give one as a gift. It’s easy (and free) to grow new plants from this gorgeous blooming plant by learning how to propagate…

What Can I Plant In December? [Vegetable Gardening Guide]

What Can I Plant In December? [Vegetable Gardening Guide]

Is cabin fever wearing you down? Are you ready to play in the garden despite December being the coldest stretch of the year? Or maybe you want to become more self-sufficient? Break out your thickest gardening gloves and a coat,…