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!)…
Potatoes are one of the best foods in the world! Red potatoes, purple potatoes, yellow potatoes – I love them all! Not only are potatoes delicious and hardy – but they’re also affordable and fun to grow. With the cost of food…
There are countless lawn mowers out there on the market. Arguably, too many! You have your cheapies and your ultra-expensive mowers. Then you have everything else in between that may have cute bells and whistles. There are so many options,…
There’s a common misconception that composting requires lots of space and materials, yet composting can easily be accomplished in a 5-gallon bucket you can find at the local hardware store for a few dollars. Let’s break down two different composting…
Have you noticed that finding a reliable lawn mower made in the USA is much trickier than it looks? So have we! Because it doesn’t matter if you’re mowing a tiny plot of grass or an entire golf course –…
Red clover, or Trifolium pratense, is a plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) that has medicinal uses in herbalism. If you want to use red clover as a nourishing infusion, for its phytoestrogen content, or for its blood-purifying abilities, you…
Winter is over and if you’re like me, you’re looking forward to starting your lawn mower up again! There are a few things we should do before we start our mower after it’s been sitting idle for a while, which…
There’s a bit of an odd-one-out among the seven layers of the permaculture food forest garden – a group that doesn’t fit into any one particular compartment of the garden quite so neatly… Like all plants, climbing plants start their…
In our exploration of temperate food forest layers, we’ve been taking a closer look at each of the seven layers, what we can plant there, and how to design each layer for optimum results across the whole garden. So far,…
If you are the type of person who doesn’t like to get stuck in messy situations handling gas or fuel and you like battery-powered garden tools, the Kobalt 80V self propelled mower is something you should consider. When dealing with…
When my husband started whittling away in his workshop for hours on end, I got a little worried. Surely there were more pressing things to be doing than carving wooden birds? That was a couple of months ago, and now…
So many different lawn mowers out there, and so little money to spend? Believe me, I have been there. Which is why we’re looking at the best lawn mower under 300 in this review. Yep, you can get decent lawn…
Truth is, every gardener (and even people who don’t enjoy gardening) should grow asparagus. It is one of the easiest vegetables to grow, most people like to eat it, and it regrows all by itself, year after year. It can…
Comfrey is one of my favorite plants with its delicate flowers and hairy leaves. It lures snails away from my spinach, drops its leaves, and nourishes the earth, and grows so vigorously that it out-competes weeds. And that’s only the…
Bumps and bruises are a part of life, especially if you’re as clumsy as I am. My natural inability to circumnavigate simple things like doorways has given me expert insights into the best herbs for bruises that I’d like to…
