Join author Lynsey Grosfield in testing the germination limits of this little-known North American native fruit.
Your food scraps don’t have to be destined for the compost bin or the stock pot. Perhaps it’s time to engage in a little Prohibition-style fun.
Use the slow winter gardening season to prune back fruit trees, shrubs and vines so you have more to harvest next year.
Don’t get disillusioned by the dream of growing your own food. It takes hard work.
This popular holiday-time décor can be a native replacement for your morning coffee.
Use coffee grounds and chaff around your urban farm to enhance your garden, make great compost, and provide a comfy place for chickens and rabbits to live.
Try your hand a grafting this year by collecting your scion wood during winter dormancy.
Fruits and vegetables aren’t the only crops you should be growing. Native plants will support a diverse ecosystem in your backyard.
While your diseased trees are dormant is the best time to prune them and give them a healthy start to the new year.
Stop ruining your "public” clothes doing chicken chores. Stock up on these basics so you can keep farming in comfort.
Soil isn’t needed and the change of seasons won’t hold you back if you grow these crops in a hydroponic garden.
Autumn leaves can be collected and piled to make into leaf mold for the garden and to provide overwintering beneficial insects a place to live.
