Cherries are one of our daughter's favorite foods. Every year on her birthday I make cherry pierogies, homemade of course. Cherry muffins are not as fancy as perogies, but yummy nevertheless. One day she was down with a cold and craving some muffins - cherry muffins. We looked for a good ...
Permaculture Zones on 1/8 of an Acre
If you know just a little bit about permaculture, you have heard about permaculture zones. The zones help to design a property so it saves time and energy to care for the site and also makes it more efficient. Things that need the most care are closer to the house (zone 1), and things that you only ...
Old Windows Temporary Little Greenhouse
The old window temporary little greenhouse idea came out of necessity. As so often in spring, our house was overfilled with plants that had no room at the windows any longer. They had to go out. Hardening off plants before planting them in the garden is important. Instead of carrying all the ...
Garden update – May 30, 2014
It is this time of the year again where we do regular garden updates. It is fun to look back and see what was growing. These are personal garden journal posts, so if you are not interested, we understand. However, if you want to see the progress, you are welcome. Here is our garden in 2012 and ...
Winter Sowing Works in Zone 3
Back in March, when there still was snow and it was cold, I started the winter sowing project. Well, what is winter sowing anyways? Winter sowing is a way to start seeds outdoors in the winter, in a small container greenhouse. It was first invented by Trudi Davidoff. Seeds will germinate whenever it ...
7 Gift Ideas for Gardening Moms
If your mom is a gardener, you are lucky! Not just because she is an awesome person, that is what gardeners are ;), but also it is very easy to find her a meaningful mothers day gift. A gardening gift. The nice thing about gifts for a gardener is that they come for all budgets. If a child only has a ...
Grow the Dirty Dozen Foods
With limited space and possibilities, only a few of us can grow everything we eat. When choosing what to grow there are different approaches to it. In the past, we mostly grew what grows well here and we have had success with it. After giving it some more thought I think we can do better than ...
The Fun of Gardening
A fellow gardener sent me this story and I just loved it. It shows so much of the FUN of gardening - how gardening can even change a person. Enjoy the read! Yes, gardening IS fun. I have a friend in Michigan who said she could not be LESS interested in gardening and actually starts laughing when I ...
1/8 Acre Northern Homestead – Site Survey
This is my very first post about our new to us 1/8 acre homestead. Hope many will follow. May I just stop here for a moment and Thank You for having interest in our Northern Homestead, we appreciate you so, so much! With Northern Homestead we hope to be an inspiration, if we can homestead here, it ...
Freezing Oranges – Aloe Orange Drink
Aloe Orange blended together eliminates the taste of Aloe. A very healthy and tasty drink. To enjoy it year round you can freeze oranges and grow your Aloe. Oranges are just so juicy and yummy. Freshly pressed they are great as a morning drink by themselves but also in smoothies with other ...
