Interested in growing lavender seeds? These tips will help you get started. Guest post by Krystal Slaughter of Three Wondrous…
Pallets come in many shapes and sizes, depending on what they were built to transport. The standard size is 48-inches-by-40-inches.…
Photo by Gabor Degre Soil is the foundation of your garden. Knowing what makes up your soil -- and how…
Photo by Sam Schipani Whether you started your seeds indoors or purchase them from a nursery, it's nearing time to…
Enjoying a cup of tea? Before you toss those tea leaves or used tea bags, read this. There are many…
BDN File Photo Accessing your own water via a well is sometimes necessary, sometimes preferred. But creating a well is…
When you live off the grid, planning is essential to keep your family safe and secure. Here's how to prepare…
You have the chickens, so what's next? Goats! Goats need less land and feed than other livestock and can serve…
A soaker hose that trickles water onto the bales of straw. | Photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik There are creative…
A garden slug. | Photo by Jeffrey Hahn Emerging at night to feast on a wide variety of plants, slugs…
Full of personality and requiring less infrastructure than chickens, keeping waterfowl can help your homestead by guarding, keeping bugs at…
Karen Ramsey works with the flowering annuals in one of her greenhouses at Ledgewood Gardens in Orrington, which she opened…