As a 90s kid, I feel like every mom just steamed the hell out of their broccoli, which caused me to hate it growing up. This simple recipe takes about...

Not every harvest is epic... #garden

How to plant garlic, a crop that is so easy to grow at home you will question why you ever bought it at the store, especially given the different vari...

Sometimes the harvest hits you a little too hard #garden

it’s kind of scary to prune fruit trees for the first time, because they take so long to grow, and one mistake could ruin your tree. But, it’s actuall...

The days are getting short, but there’s still some work to do in the garden, mostly setting crops up for next season. Asparagus, for example, needs to...

Here's the rainwater capture routine we go through to make sure we get clean, pure rainwater, or as close to it as possible. By the way, how to set an...

We’re gardeners. 😂😂😂 #garden

We’re gardeners. #garden

Almost beat the USA record for dragon fruit weight! This is a Red Laverne dragon fruit, known to produce some of the biggest and most delicious fruits...

It's finally starting to feel like fall and the garden is producing all sorts of random produce! #garden

It’s been three years since we buried logs and other tree debris in our Birdies Raised Beds, an adapted Hügelkultur style approach to filling a tall b...

Here are some classic design mistakes that people make, year after year in their garden. It’s a great time right now to plan out next season and hopef...

Losing a hen is not a pleasant experience, especially when is the first one you ever raised from a baby 🐣 When mine died, I felt the need to honor he...

We tried the chicken hypnosis trick and couldn’t get it to work! I don’t really think it’s because of the line anyways, apparently it’s a response ca...

GROWING GRAIN - Is it worth it? We've experimented with wheat, amaranth, and quinoa, and the truth is...for a home gardener, it's more of a curiosity...

BURYING FOOD SCRAPS is a time-honored technique for boosting fertility in the garden...but what's the best way to do it? To find out, we grew 6 Italia...

The rainwater capture system at the Homestead. It’s gone through a bunch of improvements since I installed it, but the basic system is still the same,...

Grow your own edible fruit fence with passion fruit. This is the Frederick variety and is absolutely delicious. Grocery stores charge $4/fruit and we'...

Hang drying peppers is easily the most saitsfying way to preserve a ton of peppers for the long term. Hang in a low humidity area with good airflow fo...

Some of the last crops of summer 😢 it’s always a bit depressing this time if year but there are still TONS of peppers to hang and dry, tomatillos, tom...

If you grew a pepper this year that you absolutely want to grow next season, save it! By digging out the entire plant and saving in a container for wi...

Hitting some of the many fall garden chores. Always a bittersweet moment in the season #garden

When I first started gardening I didnt have a ton of space so I used grow bags to grow TONS of veggies and fruits in a little front yard garden. Easy...