If you're looking to grow your food, consider planting potatoes. They're a high-yield plant that's also easy to grow and can be stored for months. Potatoes are a must-have for any garden. Additionally, growing them at home is worth it since they're on the "dirty dozen" list. It's nearly ...
Gardening for the Weak, Sick and Lazy Gardeners
Since I write a homesteading/gardening blog you could get the impression that I am a hard-working gardener, always on top of things. Well, that is not true, and I feel that I have to apologize if I have given you this false impression. The truth is that I am a weak, sometimes sick, and a bit lazy ...
How to Start Tomatoes from Seeds
Growing tomatoes is just as much fun as it is rewarding. In this article, I'm sharing how to start tomatoes from seeds using a 'no-fail method' that involves less work, which has worked for me for many years. With this method, you can go from seed to harvest in less than 4 months. Where ...
Summer Vegetable Curry Recipe Year Round
With this summer vegetable curry recipe, we want to demonstrate how ‘growing what you eat and eating what you grow’ can work year-round. It is one of our favorite plant-based dishes that we can make mainly from homegrown and/or home-preserved ingredients. Serve it with rice or noodles. Why grow ...
Troubleshooting in an Indoor Edible Garden
An indoor garden is an unnatural environment. There is less light, no pollinators, and no natural air movement. We have addressed most of it in our previous posts. The closer you can come to a natural environment, the less challenging the growing experience will be. However, since we can't avoid ...
Growing Food Using the Simple Kratky Hydroponic Method
"Growing Food Using the Simple Kratky Hydroponic Method" is a topic of interest. Let's discuss this hydroponic method that allows plants to be grown without electricity or pumps. Growing food is becoming a priority for more and more people. Homegrown food tastes better, is healthier, and is much ...
Temperature for an indoor edible garden
Temperature for an indoor edible garden is just as important as for an outdoor garden. Neither will you grow successfully cool weather crops during the hot summer months nor heat-loving plants during the cool season. Indoor edible plants also need to be planted according to room temperature. The ...
Additional light for an indoor edible window garden
To grow edible plants successfully you need around 12 hours of daylight (except for sprouts and microgreens). It does not have to be all sunshine, but it has to be a bright light. A plant will not die if it does not get the light needed, but it will not grow much either. Additional light for an ...
What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Garden
What to grow in an indoor edible garden? That's a great question. The answer depends on two things: What are the growing conditions? What do you want to grow? If your indoor growing conditions are on the cooler side, and the light conditions present a cloudy day, grow leafy greens. With ...
Snowshoeing, a Fun Winter Activity
If you can't garden, why not try snowshoeing instead? While we're taking a break from our indoor garden, it's nice to have something else to do during the long, cold winter months. Snowshoeing is a fun outdoor activity that we enjoy. The history of snowshoeing is one of necessity. People had to ...
