Heat It Up: How To Make Your Own Simple Garden Hot Sauce
Heat it up: How to make your own simple garden hot sauce so you never need to buy it from the store again! Save money…
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Raspberry Leaf Tea
Growing Raspberries Leaf Tea is a great investment for your urban garden. In addition to the fruit, the leaves make a healing, medicinal tea. Health…
What Is Urban Homesteading?
Urban homesteading means growing your own food, to whatever degree possible, in the city. This often includes scratch cooking and preserving the harvests. You might…
How to Stay Healthy Naturally
How To Stay Healthy Naturally: Tips & tricks to kick germs to the curb using natural methods and things grown in your own garden. This…
How Can You Heal Yourself? My Journey to Wellness
Many of you have asked me about my chronic illness, my journey to wellness, and how you can heal yourself. This post tells what I…
A Good Read This Winter
This post is a little different, you might say, an uncommon post, only vaguely related to urban homesteading, but with winter fast approaching, I want…
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How To Make Cayenne Pepper Powder
Read on about drying cayenne peppers and learn how to grow, dry, and store your own cayenne pepper powder. Say goodbye to buying this at…
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How To Make Cider From Apples
How to make cider from apples you’ve grown at home, picked from a local farm, or even just bought at the regular grocery store. Apple…
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Harvest Season On An Urban Homestead
A peek inside life during harvest season on an urban homestead Greetings! This is the time of year that gets most people into gardening. It’s…
A Gardener’s Guide To Winter
This gardener’s guide to winter will help give you some ideas to pass the time while your plants are dormant and resting. Spoiler Alert: You…
Concord Grape Pie (Gluten Free Vegan)
This gluten free vegan Concord Grape pie will quickly become your new love language. If anyone ever makes you Concord grape anything, know this: They…
Gardening in Small Spaces
Many of us have dreamed of having lush rolling acres of land ready to fill with every darn thing we can imagine growing as gardeners. And…
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How to Make Your Own Garlic Powder
We love garlic at our house and try to grow enough for the whole year on our tiny piece of land in the city. There’s a…
How to Grow & Use Raspberries
Growing berries is a rich and rewarding thing to do for yourself! They come back every year, require little care, and provide you with fresh…
How To Grow, Harvest, & Store Potatoes
Potatoes are a humble and beloved food that can be turned into just about anything. Whether you are having them steamed, baked, mashed, or fried,…
A Casual Garden Stroll in June
Come on in, and join me for a casual garden stroll in June. Today’s post is just about meandering aimlessly through the garden. A garden…
Health Benefits of Growing Lemon Balm
The health benefits of growing Lemon Balm are vast. Learn how to grow, harvest, and use Lemon Balm from your own garden. Lemon Balm is…
How to Harvest & Dry Your Own Herbs
Herbs can be super expensive at the store. Once you start growing your own, you will never want to buy them again! The process is…
10 Essential Things to Do Before You Plan Your Garden
When you’re first starting your garden, it can be a little overwhelming. There’s so much to learn and think about, and it can be tough…
Easy Watering: The Biggest Game Changer in my Garden’s Success
Easy Watering: If there’s one thing I could offer any beginning gardener, it’s to figure this out straight away! This blog post features my favorite…
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Raspberry Leaf Tea
Growing Raspberries is a great investment! Besides the juicy, yummy fruit, their leaves are also great for medicinal tea. How to Harvest Raspberry Leaf In…
My Best (Easy!) Tip for Growing a Lush, Organic Garden
One of my neighbors had the most gorgeous garden. Everything was healthy and lush, big and strong. I figured she was dousing everything in Miracle-Gro….