Gardening

Category: Gardening

Our skin often acts as a window to our body. If our body is healthy, our skin will be, too! Nature has provided us with many plants to nourish and heal our skin of problems like acne and rosacea -- like these 10 herbs for healthy, glowing skin!

10 Herbs For Healthy, Glowing Skin

Our garden was super easy to get in this year, taking just 7 hours over the course of 4 days. Now all we have to do is water, occasionally weed, and of course... eat the harvest (my favorite part)!

The Easy Way To Garden — Done In 7 Hours Over 4 Days (KYF166)

It's just a fact of life... Odds and ends, junk piles, dirt piles, you name it. Any homesteader would agree, because gardening, caring for livestock, and living on a shoestring doesn't always allow for the minimalist approach! Here are 14 inexpensive (or free) items I always keep around...

Don’t Throw That Away! 14 Useful Items to Repurpose or Purchase Inexpensively

Mint is easy to grow and hard to kill -- which makes it one of the best plants for a beginning gardener! You can buy a plant at the store or grow your own from cuttings. Here are two methods for growing your own mint from cuttings.

How to Grow Mint from Cuttings {2 Methods}

We purchased our home thrilled with everything about it -- except the busy road on which it is situated. Instead of bemoaning our problem, we've been thinking of ways to turn the lemon of traffic into lemonade. ;) This is the story of how our family's entrepreneurial spirit is blooming.

A Family Entrepreneurial Spirit

In the spring, I'm gung-ho about gardening. By the time the late summer heat hits, weeds are out of control, a pest is ruining my sunflowers, and I'm behind on fall planting. I wonder: Why on earth am I doing this? Here are 7 things I've learned that keep me going when I'm overwhelmed.

How to Keep Going In Your Garden When Your Garden Has You Completely Overwhelmed

Rain barrels help you take that extra step toward self-sufficiency and sustainability, plus they reduce your water bill. Here are 2 cautions to keep in mind, plus 6 things to consider when shopping for one.

Using a Rain Barrel

Learning to Let Go of Perfection | “Simple living stress syndrome” is a phenomenon I discovered shortly after our transition into a simple life -- and it's triggered by unnecessary "noise". To let go and reduce the noise, I focused on three homestead zones -- the garden, the kitchen, and the home -- where I looked for ways to reduce the noise and the stress. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Learning to Let Go of Perfection

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot | “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” --Wendell Berry. Just like everything else, it’s a journey beginning at your own front door. Here are a few ideas to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot in your own home, neighborhood, and town. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot: The Four Rs of Conservation

8 Tips To Get The Most Out Of A Small Garden | If you have a small garden, you know it's a challenge to fit everything in. Here are 8 tips to help you to get the most out of your small garden space. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

8 Tips To Get The Most Out Of A Small Garden

Seed School (KYF109)

Seed School (KYF109)

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space} | Herbal tea is easy and rewarding to grow yourself. Many tea herbs are easy-to-grow and do well in pots and small spaces, so you can enjoy delicious home-grown tea year-round. Although you can make tea out of almost any herb, here are five (plus one more) of my favorites for both large and small gardens! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space!}

They grew up gardening, each of them. One in the country, one in the city. And when they met and married, their common interest became their favorite past-time. Today, Holly joins me to share some really great tips about organic vegetable gardening. Listen in! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/105

Tips for Organic Vegetable Gardening (KYF105)

Your garden may yet be under a blanket of heavy snow, or the weather freezing cold, but you can do these 7 simple steps right now to be prepared (and maybe a little ahead) when things finally warm up. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Gear Up for Gardening with 7 Simple Steps this Spring

I'm reminded of all that God created when I'm outside, with the rush of air over my skin, the warmth of the sun, the chill of the rain, the sharp jut of mountains against the sky. All of these wonders came to be by His word. It leaves me in awe. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How Growing a Garden Nourishes the Soul

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead | When we began to consider our move to the country, purchasing land was intimidating. Neither of us (my husband nor I) had made that kind of purchase before. While there are many things to consider when purchasing an acreage, here are 10 important things that we learned (some the hard way) along the way. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead

Seed Saving Connects Communities | His mission: to connect communities with the seeds that sustain them. Meet Bill McDorman, author of the free online book "Basic Seed Saving" and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Get to know Bill and more about seed saving through the links and information below, and of course through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/89

Seed Saving Connects Communities (KYF089)

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) | One of our most popular guests, Greg Peterson is back for the third time. He's been inspiring others and practicing urban farming on his 1/3 acre city lot for 25 years. We're talking more about The Urban Farm (his home), the concepts of "food miles" and seasonal eating, plus he is inviting you to a free webinar on urban farming. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/85

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) (KYF085)