• Homemade Compost
    garden

    How to Make Compost at Home

    By sustainably recycling used food scraps and organic material like cardboard and paper through means of creating compost, the gardener obtains an efficient growing medium for pennies on the dollar.

  • Yarrow Achillea millefolium
    herbalism,  tea

    Yarrow Tea: What You Should Know

    Yarrow as a tea heals cold and flu, promotes a healthy menstrual cycle and overall blood circulation against varicose veins and hypertension. See our favorite yarrow tea recipe.

  • Germinating seeds in soil
    garden

    A Grower’s Guide to Sowing Seeds

    With signs of Spring, shrubs are budding, the ground is thawing, and I am eager to sow seeds. What early efforts contribute to a successful garden? How does the gardener provide favorable conditions for the seed?