Gardening

Transplanting tomato seedlings to the garden is not complicated, however, there is a certain way to do it to ensure a healthy tomato plant that produces a ton of beautiful tomatoes. We’ll go over everything that you need to know about transplanting tomatoes. There is nothing like the taste of a fresh garden tomato. An […]

Matt’s Wild cherry tomatoes are tiny, marble-size tomatoes that are relatively easy to grow. The plants produce a ton of tomatoes that are bright red and full of flavor. In this post, you’ll learn everything about growing Matt’s Wild tomatoes. Every January, I go through the seed catalogs and make my seed order list for

Let’s go over 5 things that you should consider before diving into planning your vegetable garden. These are important garden tips that can save you a whole lot of work and frustration! After years of gardening I can say that, hands down, the most important part of gardening is planning. I used to hate sitting

Neem oil is an organic pesticide that is safe for pollinators and plants yet can help you control insects, pests, and fungi in your garden. In this post, you’ll learn how to use neem oil on plants. I truly believe that with correct garden care you can prevent most of the problems that can come

Let’s go over all the information that you need to know about harvesting sweet potatoes. It’s so much fun! But there are a few steps that you want to make sure you follow in order to ensure the best and sweetest sweet potatoes. From all the vegetables that grow in my garden, sweet potatoes are,

Dry leaves are an amazing, free, natural resource for the gardener. There are a few different ways to use them… No matter what way you use, make sure that you use dry leaves! They will improve your soil greatly. If you are a gardener, you should consider fall leaves as nature’s gift to you for

Preparing the vegetable garden for winter can be done rather quickly. Winter is an important time. The garden gets to rest and the soil can improve. Preparing your vegetable garden for winter will not only help improve the soil but will also save you a ton of work in the spring.   When I started

In this post, I’ll share with you 25 vegetables to plant in autumn. Fall is my favorite season to be in the garden! There are no vicious bugs, I need to water much less, and it’s much nicer to be outside in the cooler temperatures. Even though it’s not the peak of the growing season

Onions are a great crop for the homesteader to learn how to grow because it’s so useful and stores very well for months. Growing onions from sets is the easiest way to go about it. In this post, you’ll learn how to grow onions from sets… I love growing onions! First, I’m an Israeli… If

In this post, we’ll go over all the information that you need to know about how to transplant seedlings into the garden. This can be a tricky step because the plants are so fragile at this stage. It’s totally worth it to take the time to make sure that you are doing this right. Everything

I’ve tried so many different ways to support tomatoes… This way is the easiest and most successful way that I have come across. Let me share with you how to support tomato plants so your plants can produce a lot of delicious fruit! There isn’t a vegetable garden without tomatoes, right? The tomato is the

Learn how to create a planting schedule for your vegetable garden. A planting schedule might take a bit of time to put together the first time but I promise you that if you do it and make sure to update it during the season it will save you a ton of time and money in

If you have a small vegetable garden, I am happy to tell you that there is still so much that you can grow! There are many crops that really don’t require much space and can be grown even in the tiniest garden. We’ll go over planting options to maximize your space and what kinds of

In this post, we will go over how to thin carrots. We’ll go over two possible ways to do this. I’ll also give some suggestions of things you can do with the precious seedlings so you don’t waste a thing. And, you can watch me thin my carrots too. The video is below. Let’s go…

In this post, we’ll go over eight requirements that will guide you as to where to plant a vegetable garden so it will produce an abundance of vegetables. The location of your vegetable garden is very important to its success so let’s make sure we plant the garden in the right location. So you decided

In this post, we will go over the benefits of cover crops and green manure crops and we’ll learn how we can plant them in the vegetable garden to improve the soil and control weeds. We’ll learn what cover crops are, how they can help us add nitrogen to the soil, some methods of using