As we wrap up 2014 and start pulling out the seed catalogs, I’m looking forward to these new garden additions.
Drop the coffee after your holiday feasting, and switch it out for a tea made of one of these energizing herbs.

Don’t let any corner of your barn go unused. Take simple steps to turn your barn's rafters into a place to dry your farm-grown herbs.
Keep your compost cooking all winter long so you have fresh organic matter to lay down on your spring garden.
Bayberry has been used since Colonial days for making candles, but the leaves and bark can also be helpful in the kitchen and medicine cabinet.

Team up with these predatory insects to protect your garden from the damage of frustrating pests.
Just before the holidays is a perfect time to trim your evergreen trees and shrubs, both to encourage spring growth and to provide fodder to deck your halls.

With any luck, you'll have a bountiful sweet potato harvest so you can use them creatively all year long.
A cousin to quinoa, this nutty grain can also be grown for its nutritious greens.

Permaculture greenhouses differ from conventional ones, both in growing practices and benefits they can bring you and your farm.
Filter indoor air and give yourself a winter gardening project by growing these houseplants.
Although the American chestnut population has been devastated by chestnut blight, you can work to keep the holiday tradition of "roasting chestnuts on an open fire” alive.