“After you eat an avocado, the temptation to try and grow your own plant is well nigh irresistible. I have started at least a hundred avocado seeds, and

“If you’re ready to move from casual gardening to stocking up for the winter, I can’t stress enough to plant more than you think you will need, or

“Mother Nature is awfully ingenious; she has come up with quite a few methods to keep bugs away and plants healthy and thriving. It turns out that plants,

“During our first few seasons of gardening we spent more time weeding than anything else. Our undersize plants left much of the topsoil exposed, and local weeds took

“In the fifth century B.C., the Greek physician, Hippocrates, wrote that chewing bark of a willow tree could relieve pain and fever. (No wonder squirrels don’t get headaches.)

“Have you ever wondered if it was possible to learn how to grow stevia and make homemade stevia extract – that “miracle” plant that is sweeter than sugar

“I was wandering through my local Whole Foods Market the other day, when some beautiful  basil plants caught my eye. They were fresh, tall and full, and…… well

“You may think the sheer gustatory pleasure of wolfing down ripe, juicy raspberries, whose flavor explodes in your mouth, is reason enough to grow them. Well, think again.

“I like Marie Huston’s words. Gardening does not really have to come an abrupt halt as nature ushers in shorter days and colder temperatures but can continue right

“Growing baby ginger in the home garden sure sounds interesting; but isn’t ginger a tropical plant that’s not suitable for the climates here in the U.S.? Well not

This is a few years old but still very cool… “Currently the UAE is estimated to import around 85% of its food which understandably leaves the country open

“Tempted to do something with the lavender growing in your yard? Letting such a fragrant herb go to waste would be… well, a waste! Gathering, drying and using

“Jamey pulled our garlic the other day. We found that the right time to pull it is when some of the leaves/stems are turning brown, while most are

“Growing your own food is exciting, not only because you get to see things grow from nothing into ready-to-eat fruits and veggies, but you also don’t have to

“Do you know how much your family eats in a year’s time? As a farmer’s wife, I am keenly aware of how much meat, poultry, eggs, honey and

“I’ve used a number of different scythes over the years – most were borrowed and used mainly to cut vegetation in places where I couldn’t maneuver the tractor

“Easy to grow and store, high-yielding, super nutritious and crunchy like an apple, yacon (pronounced ya-kon) is one of the many “new” vegetables coming to us from South

“What do you do when you see a weed in the garden? Jump in and frantically hack away with a hoe? Throw up your hands in despair? Learn

“Think it’s too early to thinking about and planning for spring? Never! As a matter of fact, now is the perfect time to begin planning your yard and