Recycle your home, food and personal waste as fertilizer and mulch to build your garden’s soil quality without spending a dime.
Have you traded your time in front of the TV for time in front of the hive? Watch out, you’re on your way to becoming a bee geek.
Integrate your flock into a healthy growing system that is self-supporting.
Innisfree Hotels/Flickr In their book, The Hidden Half of Nature, authors David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé show just how intertwined the health of our gardens is with the microbial world. Here are some of their tips for taking care of the beneficial microbes in your garden soil. 1. Cover Up Bare Soil Helpful microbes […]
Trapping an unwanted wild animal in your backyard can not only injure you or the animal, it could be illegal.
Keep your leftover boxes from deliveries, gifts, or supplies out of the trash and put it to use on your farm.
A self-sown garden may go against your green-thumb intuition, but it could make your garden life a whole lot easier.
Different from a draft, coop ventilation is needed year-round to keep your flock from getting sick or frostbitten.
Looking for a more sustainable option for your mower or weed whacker? The scythe could be your answer.
This year, consider decorating with a Christmas tree that can be planted outdoors after the holiday festivities come to an end.
Letting your basil plants go to seed isn’t a bad thing—use the seeds in internationally inspired drinks and desserts.
Inspire green thoughts in the darker months by counting down the days until Christmas using heirloom seeds.
