Garden
Welcome! Here you will find ALL the posts related to gardening, from beginner basics to compost tea to organic pest control. To help simplify your search and further break it down by topic, feel free to use the sub-categories in the drop down garden menu, or check out the categories section on the bottom of the page. Happy Growing!
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Harvesting Butternut and Winter Squash: How to Harvest, Cure, Store
Growing winter squash? Come learn everything you need to know about harvesting butternut squash, pumpkins, and other winter squash - including tips on how to cure, store, use and preserve winter squash too!
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DIY Berry Trellis: How to Build a Wire Raspberry or Blackberry Trellis (Video)
Come learn how to build a simple homemade wire berry trellis. Our sturdy DIY berry trellis design is perfect to support raspberries, blackberries, or any other caneberry. Video and step-by-step instructions included!
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Summer Garden Tour and Homestead Update (Video): July 2023
Come along for a garden tour video of our summer raised bed garden, including tips and ideas on our favorite summer garden vegetables, annual flower varieties, and more. We've also made some fun homestead updates, including a new berry patch, chicken…
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New Pollinator Orchard Garden on a Hill (Permaculture Berms Terraces)
Welcome to our new orchard on a hill! Come see how we used natural terraces, permaculture berms, burlap, and pollinator companion plants to transform a barren weedy hillside to a thriving new garden space. Video included!
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Homemade Beer Traps: Get Rid of Slugs, Pillbugs and More
Got slugs? Come learn how to make DIY beer traps to attract and kill slugs, snails, pill bugs and more. Homemade beer traps are a cheap, easy and effective way to control slug populations in the garden. They really do work!
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How to Make Chive Blossom Vinegar + 8 Ways to Use it
Come learn how to make chive blossom vinegar - a gorgeous and delicious bright pink herbal infused vinegar. It's incredibly easy to make, and adds a bright zing of flavor to a wide variety of meals!
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How to Make Soothing Chickweed Salve Recipe and Infused Oil
There's nothing worse than feeling uncomfortable in your own skin! Come learn how to make soothing chickweed salve. It's easy to do, and can help calm skin irritation including rashes, redness, eczema, bug bites, poison ivy, swelling, and more.
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28 Best Winter Squash and Pumpkin Varieties to Grow
Butternuts, kabocha, delicata... Get excited to grow winter squash and pumpkins with this list 28 unique, beautiful, and delicious varieties to grow! With varying sizes, storage shelf life, days to maturity, and disease resistance - there are options for every garden…
