Gardening includes information on Vegetables and fruits, Pests, Herbs, Soil health, Designing and planning, and Amendments and watering.
The Value of Heirloom Seeds on Your Homestead Homestead Gardening Original post: January 5, 2026 It’s seed-ordering season! Do you plant heirloom seeds? I do, and I love them. Let me share some of the reasons they’ve become a cornerstone of our homestead garden. Why Choose Heirloom Seeds? ● Superior flavor and varietyHeirlooms often deliver […]
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Why Crop Diversity Matters Homestead Gardening Original post: January 4, 2026 Are you ordering seeds for the upcoming growing season? One of the joys of homesteading is the incredible variety of seeds available to us. Unlike large-scale monoculture operations locked into acres of a single crop, we can choose from dozens – or hundreds –
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Dwarf Blue Curled Vates Kale Homestead Garden Original Post: February 1, 2022 Last Updated: January 1, 2026 We have grown this kale for decades and is the ONLY variety of kale we grow. It is an heirloom variety. Here in Pennsylvania it grows even in very cold weather. Kale is wonderful in salads. We also
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Good Bean Seeds Homestead Garden Original Post: January 12, 2022 Last Updated: January 1, 2026 There are so many varieties of beans to choose from. Here is a list of some of the ones we’ve tried and would recommend. We have grown this bean several years. It grows well for us. Good producer. – Bren Click
Growing and Planting Onions from Seed Homestead Garden Original post: January 2, 2022 Last Updated: December 31, 2025 Why would you want to plant onions from seed? Planting and growing onions from seed is easy and a great way to save money on onions. If you use lots of onions for cooking like we do,
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Good onion Seeds Homestead Garden Original Post: January 7, 2022 Last Updated: December 26, 2025 There are so many varieties of onions to choose from. Here is a list of some of the ones we’ve tried and would recommend. (For reference, our homestead is between Zones 5 and 6). Bianca Di Maggio onion seeds produce
Good Beet Seeds Homestead Garden Original Post: December 22, 2025 Last Updated: December 24, 2025 There are so many varieties of beets to choose from. Here is a list of some of the ones we’ve tried and would recommend. We have grown the Chioggia beet variety many times over the years, however ours never get
A Great Heirloom Beet Homestead Garden Original Post: January 8, 2022 Last Updated: December 22, 2025 We have grown the Detroit Dark Red Medium Top Beet for many years and they consistently perform well. It is a tasty beet, although I would recommend not leaving them get too large. I don’t find them as tender
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A Good Bean Seed Homestead Garden Original Post: January 8, 2022 Last Updated: December 22, 2025 If you are looking for a good bean seed for your homestead garden, this is one I recommend. I like growing bush beans in the garden because they don’t require poles or trellises to grow up on. This variety
How Does Your Garden Grow? Part 2 of 2 Homestead Garden Planning First published: February 12, 2019 Last Updated: December 9, 2025 Continuing on with how we plan our gardens and using our simple example from Part 1, we know we will need space in our sample garden to grow 7 tomato plants. Once again, refer
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