
Simplestead Guide to Pruning Plants
Each morning I walk our dogs through the semi-wild parts of our wooded property. There I encounter various trees, shrubs, … Continue reading Simplestead Guide to Pruning Plants
Each morning I walk our dogs through the semi-wild parts of our wooded property. There I encounter various trees, shrubs, … Continue reading Simplestead Guide to Pruning Plants
Saffron is one of the most exotic seeming and expensive spices in the world. Yet I grow an abundant perennial … Continue reading Growing, Harvesting, and Curing Saffron at Home (with Video)
You know that expression “good fences make good neighbors”? Well, I always thought of that turn of phrase as negative. … Continue reading Decorative and Useful Garden Fencing
Hi everyone! It’s finally fall here in Northwestern North Carolina. After the intense heat, humidity, and heavy rains we’ve had … Continue reading Growing and Harvesting Ginger at Home (with Video and a Peak in My Fall Garden)
The COVID-19 virus has made it difficult for grocery stores to keep shelves stocked. I visited the grocery for the … Continue reading Potager Gardening in a Crisis
Choosing the plants that will grow well in your climate, weather, soil type, and garden is quite complicated. That’s why … Continue reading Choosing the Right Plants for Your Garden
It can be difficult to think beyond the grocery store, or the farmers market, when deciding what kind of food … Continue reading What to Grow in Your Potager (including a list of 30 categories of plants to consider)
If you are new to gardening and looking for a quick and easy tool to help you decide what to … Continue reading Vegetable Garden Planting Calendar
Do you want your garden to produce food even with 4 weeks of neglect in extreme heat and dry weather? Then plant a well-planned potager garden. Continue reading The Power of a Well-Planned Potager
The garden explosion happened. Those tiny, seedlings I showed pictures of in the last post Plant Your Homestead Potager suddenly … Continue reading Harvest and Succession Plant Your Homestead Potager
Now that you’ve constructed your homestead potager, it’s time to plant. Well, almost… There are two more things I suggest … Continue reading Plant Your Homestead Potager
With all the hard work of gathering inspiration, choosing a garden site, deciding on our paths and bed design, and … Continue reading Constructing Your Homestead Potager
In previous posts, I covered some things I know to be beneficial about choosing your potager location and designing your … Continue reading The Homestead Potager Garden Design
The first gardens were forest gardens. Actually they were more like cultivated forests than gardens. The plants that humans found … Continue reading Homestead Potager Garden Bed Design
When you see past the pretty flowers and profuse plantings, you’ll discover that every garden has bones and secrets buried … Continue reading Pathways For Your Homestead Potager