Planning Your Planting Calendar: How to Figure Out What to Plant and When (or what the seed packets don’t tell you)
Diane’s Dills: A Recipe for Fermented Pickles
Learn how to pickle your cucumbers without them getting soggy
Fall Garden Maintenance: 6 Easy Steps & a Checklist
Think of fall garden maintenance as getting a head start on next season by cleaning, clearing, hydrating, and fertilizing.
Best Perennials to Plant in your Veggie Garden
One of the main ways you can reduce your work in the garden is by planting perennial plants instead of annuals. Perennials take a bit of extra time to establish
DIY Seed Organizer: How to Organize Your Seeds
Here are two simple DIY ways to organize and store the seeds that you purchase or harvest from your garden. Make your own DIY Seed Organizer!
How Saving Seeds Contributes to the Diversity in Your Garden
Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support!Why is the Act of Saving Seeds So Important?Saving seeds ensures plant diversity. In permaculture systems, we …
Building Diversity in Your Garden
Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support!Diversity pulls forth a natural sense of wonder and appreciation for life.— Jen MendezDiversity in Our GardensWhy is …
Natural Antivirals to help with Coronavirus
Natural Antivirals for Coronavirus Disclaimer: The plants detailed below are part of a promising study of candidate herbs to inhibit the novel coronavirus that is causing Covid-19. I am not a medical doctor nor a certified herbalist. I have used herbs to maintain my health and the health of my family. As of this writing there is no known cure …
Natural Cold Remedies: Plant-based alternatives
While natural cold remedies abound in herbalism circles, we find that very few of them are used in daily living. This article aims to demystify herbal remedies a bit. And encourage that process of pouring yourself a cup of tea, to ease you and your family’s discomforts during the cold winter months. We’ve highlighted some videos of natural cold remedies …
Indoor Gardening: Growing your house plants
Indoor gardening has always been an intriguing topic for us permaculture gardeners. Every time we did our plant sales or shows in suburban DC, we noticed that many people stopping by our booth would claim that they didn’t have any space to grow any plants. They were either living in a condo or apartment with or without a small balcony …