Below are links or leads to all the stuff I’ve written and to all the tangential stuff like teaching classes and chatting with media, etc. to help make sure you know about the stuff I’ve written.
Feel free to scroll through these longs lists… or just use Ctrl+F to search topics of interest to you.
My books are available from booksellers everywhere!
eBooks
These eBooks were written for and are available from The Grow Network
- Raising Backyard Chickens for Eggs, Meat, and Fun!
- The Ancient Art of Making Vinegar
- Simple & Effective Watering Systems for Livestock
- Hydration Handbook
Online Training Courses
- Grow Your Own Exotic Spices Indoors and Out in NC from the NC State Extension Master Gardeners
- Backyard Chickens for Egg Production from The Grow Network Academy
- Raising Backyard Meat Ducks from The Grow Network Academy
- Raising Goats from The Grow Network Academy
- Grow Your Own Spices from The Mother Earth News Fair
- How to Grow Your Own Fresh Spice Cabinet Year Round from Superfood Garden Summit 2021
- Grow Your Own Spices from The Great Grow Along 2021
Podcasts, Radio, TV, and other Media Coverage of my Work
- Modern Farmer: How to Grow Your Own Spices
- Grow with KARE: Grow your own spices
- Winston-Salem Journal: Growing herbs and spices are easy for any garden
- The Beginners Garden Podcast: Simple Spices You Can Grow Episode 222
- The Sustainability Book Chat with Deborah Niemann: Grow Your Own Spices
- For the Love of Goats: Extended Lactations and “Impromptu” Cheeses
- Garden Talk/The Larry Meiller Show: Growing Your Own Spices
- The Gardening with Joey and Holly Radio show: Guest Tasha Greer
- A Better Whey: TASHA GREER IN LOWGAP, NORTH CAROLINA
- OC Register: Why This Gardening Guide Will Spice Up Your Garden
My Articles/Posts
Following is a complete list of articles I’ve written that are available. These are sorted by publisher and grouped by topic. If you want a down and dirty look at real life on our homestead, my mental meanderings about life and writing, and more please visit my experimental blog Reluxe Renderings.
Articles from Various Publishers
- How to Grow Seed Spices (Modern Farmer)
- Grow Turmeric for Better Health and Happiness (Thrifty Homesteader)
- How to Grow Spices at Home (The House and Homestead)
Articles on Morning Chores
This is an awesome site for all things homesteading with lots of information from homesteaders around the globe. You can check out my posts below or just head to MorningChores.com to see all the amazing resources they offer.
Calculators for Homesteaders and Gardeners
- Garden Planting Calendar – Find the Right Time to Plant Vegetables
- Fertilizer Calculator: Find Out How Much Fertilizer to Use in Your Garden
- Carbon to Nitrogen Compost Calculator: Create the Perfect Compost Pile
- Incubation & Gestation Calculator for Livestock, Insects, and Aquatic Animals
- Material Volume & Weight Calculator for Mulch, Compost, Gravel, Sand, and More
Gardening
- The Mega-List of Fertilizers for Your Organically-Grown Garden
- How to Grow Exotic Spices for Self-Sufficiency At Home
- Herbs vs. Spices: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter for Gardeners?
- Try Indoor Landscaping to Grow Beautiful Plants Indoors All Year
- How to Grow Exotic Spices for Self-Sufficiency At Home
- Herbs vs. Spices: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter for Gardeners?
- Try Indoor Landscaping to Grow Beautiful Plants Indoors All Year
- Perennial Food Gardening Methods – What Are the Differences?
- 5 Tips for Creating a Duck-Friendly Garden for Everyday Pest Control
- 11 Ways to Put Your Garden to Bed in Winter
- Blister Beetles: How to Identify and Control this Toxic Pest
- Harlequin Bug: How to Control This Pest in Your Garden
- How to Grow and Train Your Own Topiary Plants
- Growing Rapini (Brassica Ruvo): Best Varieties, Planting Guide and Care
- The Compost Tea Controversy and Tips to Use ACT & PCT Correctly
- Understanding What ‘Disease-Resistant Plants’ Actually Means
- How to Create a Delightful Herb Border Hedge
- 22 Practical Hedges for the Homestead That Add More Value Than Just Beauty
- Plants that Grow Well Indoors to Expand your Indoor Garden
- 15 Forgotten Garden Hacks to Help You Get the Most From Your Veggie Garden
- 1-Day Projects to Add Beauty to Your Homestead Landscape
- 15 Tips to Make Gardening for Seniors Easier and More Accessible
- When and How to Use Humic Acid Fertilizer to Improve Soil
- How to Decide the Correct Plant Spacing in Your Garden
- When and How to Use Rock Dust for Your Garden
- 10 Tips on Long-Term Garden Care for More Productivity
- 13 Ideas to Make an Elegant French Garden
- 11 Healthy Crops to Plant in Your Garden Year-Round
- Choosing Plants for Your Garden – Everything You Need to Consider
- 14 Tips for Managing a Large Garden with Minimal Work
- How to Plan an All-Purpose Herb Garden
- How to Use Intercropping Wisely to Increase Your Harvest
- How to Grow Gochu (Korean Chili Peppers) for Gochujang
- How to Improve Your Landscape Hydrology to Minimize Fire Risks
- Landscaping Techniques You Can Use to Reduce Risk of Fire
- 10 Tips to Help You Maximize Your Greenhouse Space
- 18 Fall Gardening Activities to Take Your Garden to The Next Level
- Why You Should Grow Baby Vegetables and How to Do It
- How to Create an Exotic Edible Landscape in Your Greenhouse
- Downy Mildew: Identification, Plants at Risk, Prevention, and Treatment
- Are Nematodes a Friend or Foe for Your Garden and Livestock?
- A Beginners Guide to Using Fungicide in the Organic Garden
- How to Kill Spotted Lanternfly and Save your Fruit Trees
- Growing Fenugreek: Plant Varieties, How-to Guide, Problems, and Harvesting
- 5 Best Summer Cover Crops and How to Use Them
- Seed Stratification: A Comprehensive Guide to This Seed Germination Trick
- How to Use Leaf Mold to Restore a Weedy Garden Bed
- Growing Poppies for Decorative Seed Pods, Spice, and Beauty
- Allelopathic Plants: What Are They, The List, and How To (and Not To) Use Them
- What You Need to Know to Safely Compost Dog Poop
- How to Extend Your Cool Season Crops and Spare Your Soil Despite the Heat
- The Good and The Bad About Using Urine as Garden Fertilizer
- What is a Walipini Greenhouse and Do You Need One?
- 5 Common Gardening Myths Debunked (Backed with Research and Experience)
- How to Start a Cut Flower Bed in Your Vegetable Garden
- How to Use a Broadfork to Promote Good Drainage in Your Garden
- 5 Ways to Improve Your Gardening Skills
- Landscaping with Moss Can Create a Magical Fairy-Tale Garden
- Weed Control Plan for an Organic Vegetable Garden
- Hotbed Gardening: Add a Little Heat to Your Gardening Repertoire
- How to Make and Use Aerated Compost Tea (ACT) in Your Garden
- Plant Roots 101: Going Back to Our Roots in the Garden
- How to Store Seeds Correctly and Why It Is Vitally Important
- How to Make Even More Compost Using Bokashi
- 14 Do’s and Don’ts of Growing an Organic Vegetable Garden
- Get an Early Start on Spring Gardening with These 8 Off-Grid Tricks
- 6 Smart Strategies for Starting Seeds on a Shoestring Budget
- 20 Low to No Cost Gardening Hacks for Homesteaders
- Potting Shed: Why You Need It and 15 Tips on How to Use It
- How to Make Organic N-P-K Fertilizer Mixes at Home and Save Money
- How to Create Moss Scapes to Bring the Outdoors into Your Home
- 20 Easy-to-Grow Spices You Can Grow at Home
- Growing Saffron: A Complete Guide to Planting and Taking Care of Saffron at Home
- Use Cloches to Add Charm, History, and Functionality to Your Garden
- Buying Seeds Strategically: A Frugal Gardener’s Guide to Ordering Seeds
- How to Create a Potager Garden: An Aesthetically Pleasing Kitchen Garden
- How to Use Plant Labels to Keep Your Garden Organized (and 10 DIY Plant Marker Ideas)
- The Fall Transition Gardening To-Do List
- 6 Tips to Help You Start Your Fall Garden Now (and Why You Should)
- How to Get Prepared for Planting Fruit Trees and Bushes This Fall
- Use the Right Winter Cover Crops to Supercharge Your Spring Garden
- 5 Reasons to Start a Pollinator Garden (and 6 Tips to Help You Do It)
- 20 Practical Ways to Use Weeds on Your Homestead
- Growing Egyptian Walking Onions: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest These Unique Onions
- How to Save Lots of Money Propagating Plants from Stem Cuttings
- Growing Horseradish: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Horseradish
- When to Pinch Pennies and When to Pay for Quality as a Homesteader
- An Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Gardening with 17 Staple Crops
- 10 Easy-to-Grow Alternative Greens to Diversify Your Salad
- Growing Asparagus: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Asparagus
- 12 Underused Herbs Every Smart Gardener Should Know and Grow
- Why You Should Have a Herb Spiral and How to Build It in 4 Steps
- How to Propagate New Plants with Minimal Work Using Layering
- Many Benefits of Mints and Their Surprising Versatility for Gardeners
- Edible Landscaping: How to Start a Beautiful Perennial Plot for Food Supply
- 3 Easy Ways to Radically Improve Your Soil Using Trench Composting
- How to Grow a Salad Garden from Seed to Table
- Keyhole Garden: Why You Should Build a Keyhole Bed and How to Do It
- How to Grow Duckweed and Water Hyacinth for Cheap Livestock Fodder
Poultry (Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys)
- The Complete Guide to Raising Healthy Ducks for Beginners
- How Much Protein Do Ducks Really Need?
- How to Prevent and Deal With Niacin Deficiency in Ducks
- How to Butcher and Process Ducks Humanely
- Can You Feed Ducklings Medicated Chick Starter?
- Duckquaponics: How to Use Duck Manure Water in Your Garden
- 9 Options to Keep Ducks Around the Homestead
- How to Raise Ducklings More Naturally in a Brooder
- Complete Guide to Incubating Duck Eggs for Optimal Hatch Rates
- How to Choose the Right Duck Breed for You
- How to Introduce New Chickens into an Old Laying Flock
- 10 Tips for Taming Chicks so They Become Friendly and Social Chickens
- How to Keep Hawks Away and Protect Your Chickens
- 20 Money-Saving Chicken Care Hacks for Every Chicken Owner
- Turkey Anatomy: Revealing the Mysteries of Snood, Caruncle, Wattle, and More
- 9 Reasons Why Raising Turkeys Might Not Be Right For Some Homesteaders
- 12 Odd Tips on Raising Heritage Breed Turkeys You Need to Know
- 20 DIY Poultry Brooders from Low Cost to Beautiful and Durable
- When Poultry Predators Attack: Investigation and 11 Prevention Tips
- Everything You Need to Know about Duck Molting and Care
- 5 Ways to Use Duck Poop to Enrich Your Edible Landscape Soil
Goats
- 12 Spring Transition Tips to Keep Your Goats Happy and Healthy
- How to Safely Introduce a New Goat to an Existing Herd
- Beginner’s Guide to Raising Goats for Milk Production
- Basic Goat Care Management Responsibilities for New Goat Herd Owners
- American Lamancha Goats: Breed Info, Characteristics, Breeding, and Care
- Suckling and the Vital Importance of Colostrum for Goat Kids
- 5 Goat Birth Complications You Need to Know Before Kidding Season
- How to Get Ready for Goat Kidding Season
- 10 Super Simple Goat Care Hacks That Can Make Your Job Easier
- 12 Easy Ways to Get Your Goats Ready for Winter and the Freezing Cold
- A Comprehensive Guide to Goat Breeding for Beginners
- How Train Your Goat to Milk on a Stand the Easy Way
- How to Train Your Goats to Use a Litter Box (and Save $40 Easily)
The Homestead Kitchen
- How to Make Homemade ‘Champagne’ and Enjoy Sparkling Wine
- How to Dry Lavender at Home
- Best Herb Drying Methods for Every Level of Harvest
- 6 Eggcellent Uses for Leftover Egg Whites and Yolks to Prevent Waste
- Confit: What Is It and How to Do It at Home
- 24 Interesting Ways to Use and Preserve Your Plums
- How to Make Homemade Kimchi from Your Fall Garden Produce
- How to Make Powdered Spices Easily at Home
- Shiitake Mushroom Uses and Recipes to Inspire You
- How To Make The Easiest Fermented Pickles Ever
- 15 Solar Cooking Tips to Help You Cook Better With Sunshine
- How to Make Goat Cheese (Chèvre) in Only 6 Steps
- The Life and Times of Cornbread: From Ancient History to Being the Gluten-Free Alternative
- Bring the Wide World of Flatbread to Your Homestead
- 6 Easy DIY Cheese Cave Ideas for the Cheese Lover
- 3 Steps to Savor Your Personalized Homemade Herbal Teas and Infusions
- 5 Tips for Making Herbal Vinegar and Other Infused Vinegar Recipes
- How to Make Vinegar Extractions (plus Infusions, Tonics, Fire Cider, and Shrubs)
- 13 Creative Kombucha Recipes for a Flavorful Health Brew
- How to Make Homemade Cordials or Fine Spirits in 6 Steps
- How to Make an Endless Supply of Kombucha with Very Little Work
- Fermentation: What Is It and How to Ferment Food at Home
- 10 Easy Steps to Make Homemade Elderberry Wine
- 5 Steps to Start a Homemade Cheese-Making Routine
- How to Make a Homemade Palak Paneer from Scratch with Whey Vinegar
- 4 Tips on How to Cook “From Scratch” Like a Homesteader
Miscellaneous Topics
- How to Create a Home Library and Inspire a Culture of Reading
- 6 Homestead Edit Tips to Makeover and Maintain an Elegant Homestead
- 8 Ways to Pretty up Your Porch and Still Use It for Homestead Activities
- 15 Tips and Ideas to Help You Create Decorative Garden Fences
- How to Create A Multi-Purpose Outbuilding to Make Homesteading Easier
- Insider Tips from an Old Farmhouse Renovation – Modernizing the Past
- Ferme Ornée: Creating the Beauty of an Ornamental Farm
- Epicurean Homesteading: How to Be Self-Sufficient While Making Your Life More Pleasurable
- 1-Day Projects to Add Beauty to Your Homestead Landscape
- 20 Self-Sufficiency Hacks You Can Implement Right Now
- 21 Things to Know Before You Buy an Old Farmhouse
- How to Cope With COVID-19 and Self-Quarantine as a Homesteader
- Urban, Suburban, and Rural Homesteading: Which Type Is Right for You
- Winter Homesteading Activities To Fill Your Freezing Cold Days
- 20 Tips to Help You Become a Minimalist Homesteader
- Create a Cozy Small Courtyard in Your Backyard Using a Few Cheap Tricks
- 6 Reasons to Get a Farm Dog and 5 Reasons You Might Not
- 5 Homestead Clothing Trends for Comfort, Safety, and Style
- DIY Mold Remediation on the Homestead
- How to Create Farm-to-Table Outdoor Dining Area
- How to Design and Create a Cozy Bistro Dining Area in your Garden
- How to Create a Beautiful Homestead Office that Works for You
- 25 Practical Indoor Homesteading Hacks at Zero Cost in Less Than 5 Minutes
- 10 Indoor Homestead Skill-Building to Beat the Winter Blues
- 3 Steps to Turn your Home into a Homestead for $500 (and Save Thousands of Dollars)
- How to Right-Size Your Homestead Dreams Right Now!
- 20 Tips for Winter Preparation for your Homestead (from Personal Experience)
- Celebrating Christmas on the Homestead: 5 Ways to Make It More Meaningful
- Growing Shiitake Mushrooms – a Guide to Getting Shiitake Done
- Top 10 Homesteading and Self-Sufficiency Books for Cold-Weather Reading
- 10 Inspiring Fall Homestead Activities to Reconnect with Nature
- 10 Fall Homestead Projects That Will Give You a Headstart to the Busy Spring Season
- 5 Creative Ways for Effectively Managing Mud on the Homestead
- 18 Relaxing Activities to Beat the Fatigue from Your Summer Chores
- 5 Homestead Layout Planning Tips to Save You Money in the Long Run
Articles on Mother Earth News
- Year-Round Greenhouse Gardening Using Passive Solar and Microclimates
- Seasae: Grow This Survival Plant from Seed
The ABCs of Homesteading Series
- The ABCs of Homesteading: A is for Asceticism, B is for Borrowing, C is for Creativity
- The ABCs of Homesteading: D is for Ducks (Also published in the Grit Guide to Raising Chickens)
- The ABCs of Homesteading: E is for Edible Landscaping
- The ABCs of Homesteading: F is for Fodder
- The ABCs of Homesteading: G is for Goats
- The ABCs of Homesteading: H is for Horticulture
- The ABCs of Homesteading: I is for Income (Also published in Mother Earth News Magazine)
- The ABCs of Homesteading: J is for Jack of All Trades Journeyman (Also published in Mother Earth News Magazine)
- The ABCs of Homesteading: K is for Kitchen Skills
- The ABCs of Homesteading: L is for Legal Considerations
- The ABCs of Homesteading: M is for Meat
- The ABCs of Homesteading: M is for Mushrooms
- The ABCs of Homesteading: N is for Nutrition Management
- The ABCs of Homesteading: O is for Organic and Beyond
- The ABCs of Homesteading: P is for Ponds and Preparedness
- The ABCs of Homesteading: Q is for Quiet Reflection
- The ABCs of Homesteading: R is for Responsibility
- The ABC’s of Homesteading: S is for Seeds, Storage, and Spice
- The ABC’s of Homesteading: T is for Tools
- The ABC’s of Homesteading: U is for Uncertainty
Articles on The Grow Network (TGN)
The Grow Network, led by the fearless Marjory Wildcraft, is the host of the Homegrown Food Summit, which is totally free during Summit week. They also have tons of great information on homesteading, gardening, personal health and wellness, and home herbal health care. They gave me my start writing about homesteading and making videos and have been like family to me over the years.
Organic Gardener’s Tool Kit Series
- The # 1 Tool for Organic Growers – Organic Matter
- The # 2 Tool for Organic Growers – Mason Jar Test
- The # 3 Tool for Organic Growers – At-Home Soil Test Kit
- Special Challenges to Managing NPK in the Organic Garden
- The # 4 Tool for Organic Growers – 6 Organic Nitrogen Fertilizers for Healthier Soil
- Mycorrhizael Inoculant: A Powerful Solution to the Organic Gardener’s Catch-22
- 5 Reasons Your Green Beans Are Thriving (When Nothing Else Is)
- 7 Keys to Good Water Management
- 11 Irrigation Techniques for a Happy Garden
- Crop Rotation for the Home Garden, Part 1: Pest Control
- Crop Rotation for the Home Garden, Part 2: Pathogen Prevention
- Supercharge Your Garden! 4 Steps to Vibrant Soil Using Compost and Crop Rotation
Vegetable Growing Guides
- Growing Kohlrabi: A Sweet and Tangy Cool-Season Crop
- Growing Mâche: The Little Lettuce that Lasts All Winter
- Growing Spinach: Pack a Punch in a Little Bunch
- Sweet Potato Vines: How to Grow This Antioxidant Powerhouse
- Purslane: The Omega-3 You Can Grow for Free! (With Recipe)
- Heat? Drought? Delicious Oak Leaf Lettuce Thrives Anyway!
- Chard en Garde Manger: The Delicious 3-Season Green for Food Security
- In Praise of Growing Parsley (With Recipe)
- All Hail, Kale! Growing Kale at Home (With Recipe)
- Growing Arugula: The Rocket in Your Salad Bowl and Garden (With Recipe)
- Mustard Greens: What You Need to Know Before You Grow (With Recipe)
Pig Processing Related
- Preparing for a Pig Slaughter
- The Pig Slaughter
- Hog Processing: Skinning, Scalding, Scraping, and Eviscerating
- Hog Butchering at Home
- Make Delicious Homemade Bacon in 6 Easy Steps
- Have You Ever Been to a Hog Killing: Part 1 – Hog Raising
- Have You Ever Been to a Hog Killing: Part 2 – Hog Killin’
- Have You Ever Been to a Hog Killing: Part 3 – Hog Cookin’
Chicken Related
- Crowing Hen? Is That Even Possible?
- Cold-Weather Chicken Care: How to Keep Chicken Water From Freezing
- Cold-Weather Chicken Care: Cold-Hardy Chicken Breeds
- Cold-Weather Chicken Care: The Tale of the Frostbitten Chicken and Lessons Learned About Prevention and Treatment
- Cold-Weather Chicken Care: 11 Quick Ideas to Improve Chicken Comfort
CBD Series
My editor at TGN asked me to do some in-depth research into CBD and write an articles series on it. I told her that I am a CBD skeptic and do not use it. But she said, that’s exactly why she wanted me to write the series. As such, these CBD posts are are not meant to advocate or discourage CBD use, they are just an examination of the issues.
- CBD: How to Choose Between Full-Spectrum, Broad-Spectrum, and Isolates
- Are CBD Oil and Hemp Oil the Same Thing?
- 5 Reasons Why CBD is Such a Big Deal
- 3 Hidden Dangers of Buying CBD and 3 Simple Ways to Protect Yourself
- Is CBD Legal?
Miscellaneous Subjects
- 14 Tips for Training Your Livestock Guardian Dog
- How to Potty Train Your Dog
- Dog Training 101: Good Dog + Good Trainer = Right Results
- 20 Healthier Alternatives to Granulated Sugar
- Garlic: You Might Be Using It Wrong
- Is Your Food Grown in Human Poop or Sewage?
- Siberian Ginseng: The Adaptogen for Astronauts, Athletes, and Anyone Under Stress
- How to Label Homemade Herbal Medicines and Why You Should
- How to Make Herbal Infusions
- How to Make a Tincture
- 10 Incredibly Powerful Antiviral Herbs
- 5 Ways to Find Farmers in Your Area
- Make Peace With Your Poop (and Then Make Compost With It!)
- The Ongoing Farmer Crisis (and What You Can Do About It)
- 8 Simple, Succulent Ways to Cook Duck
- Are Banned Drugs Making Meat Unsafe to Eat?
- Benefits of Bone Broth: Myth or Magical Mystery?
- 5 Keys to Food Security in Extreme Weather, for Home Gardeners
- The Art of Growing Onions
- 4 Uncommon-Sense Guidelines for Food Safety and Nutrition
- Extreme Weather and Food Resilience, for Home Growers
- From Weeds to WOW – The Weed Island
- Are You Prepared for Peak Chicken?
- Your Mental Edge – Trusting Your Intuition in the Garden
- Homesteading – A Radical Re-Evolution
Simplestead with Tasha 