The Practical Homestead planted three apple fruit trees this past spring, and while they appear to be doing great, they also seem to have “inherited” the fungus that all of their maple trees have. Good thing they have Eco-PM!: "We have a really large property so...
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Anytime I get to spend with our Dirty Girl Gardeners is a treat. And my recent visit with my good friend and gardener Sheila was no exception! I hadn’t been to Sheila’s before, but I’m familiar with the area as Gloucester is one of my very...
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In May I visited my family’s Organic Centennial farm in Brown City for a little play before working the Indoor Gardening expo in Novi, MI. The farm has been in my mother’s family for over 100 years and organic I think for the last 45...
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As you can see, here are my transplanted squash seedlings reaching towards the sunlight. Not so much like seedlings anymore, they’ve grown a few inches since I moved them into their new containers. I placed the pots in plastic cups so the water can drain...
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If you haven't seen the commercials for Nellie's free range chickens, you are missing some very funny stuff. They started right here in New England over a hundred years ago and still maintain the best practices, raising free range chickens. Keeping it Real ...
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I grew up in Brooklyn in the late 60's and I remember sneaking up to the rooftop at our apartment on Ocean Parkway. The roof was this magical oasis far away from our 2 bedroom, 800 square foot apartment, where you could escape to on...
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It reads like a scene right out of the Jetsons. George is zipping home from a long day at Spacely Sprockets when he gets a text from Jane reminding him to stop at the local CSA to grab some fresh tomatoes ...
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It was much colder today than I thought it would be and I was very disappointed I couldn’t get to the garden ...
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“It’s better to dig a five-dollar hole for a fifty-cent plant than to dig a fifty-cent hole for a five-dollar plant.” goes the old garden adage and how true that is. A good plant won’t grow in poor soil, but a poor plant will grow...
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With the first signs of spring, I anxiously run out to the garden and start removing the debris from the hard winter. I know there are lots of tips and ideas on how to get your spring garden up and ready and they can definitely...
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