When we purchased this house last year, the wineberries were just beginning to ripen. Ever since last year, I’ve been looking forward to their return. My kids love berry picking, and I love to take them. Wineberries come ahead of honeysuckle as my favorite invasive species! They’re easy to mistake for raspberries, but wineberries don’t [Continue]
When the honeysuckle started blooming in May, I enjoyed taking in the smell. I showed the boys how to get the nectar out, and they wanted me to feed them blossoms all day. Which we didn’t do since I started getting eaten alive by mosquitos (note: buy bug spray). Then I came across the article Honeysuckle: [Continue]
Have you ever looked out over your yard and been bubbly over all the dandelions you see?! No? …… What do you mean they’re a weed?!? Have lost your…… no, I’m calm… Besides giving wishes to kids everywhere, dandelions are a backyard herb! A superfood some say. Read on to learn about this herb you [Continue]
During the first couple months of the year, I did a great job sticking to my weekly posting schedule. I got in a post in March (or was it two), and that post was really good! It was my first post over 2,000 words, and it was on one of my favorite topics: herbs! However, [Continue]
The best herbs for beginners are the ones you will use! Seriously, no matter what I write here, or what you read elsewhere, if you see an herb on a list and you know you don’t like it, DON’T GROW IT. It will just languish in your garden wondering why you don’t love it. Yes, [Continue]
Have you heard of fibromyalgia before? My mother was diagnosed with it last year, but I know a couple of other people who have it. I had fibromyalgia on my radar, but my first personal glimpse into the disease came with my mother’s diagnosis. My mother and I are very close, and this disease doesn’t [Continue]
If you want to orchestrate a garden that satisfies a certain percentage of your family’s produce needs, you need to get used to the idea of garden planning. Gardening was my gateway drug into this homesteading lifestyle, and I will always count it as a necessary (and enjoyable) part of my backyard farming life. Today, [Continue]
