You’ll find all of the articles in our blog here, including our growing guides, seed saving guides, and recipes.
We’ve added a new section to our website this year called “Medicinal Herb Hub” where you can find all our medicinal herbal articles, medicinal remedies, salves, tinctures & more.
Also check out our new mini series called “How To Become A Homesteader” where Dina takes you through her journey from city slicker to homesteader and how you can do it too.
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How to Save Pumpkin Seeds for Planting Next Year
Saving pumpkin seeds is an easy way to collect seeds from your own garden and use them again the following spring. Instead of buying new pumpkin seeds every year, you…
How to Make Crushed Red Pepper Flakes at Home
If you grow your own hot peppers, making homemade crushed red pepper flakes is a great way to preserve some of your harvest. We grow cayenne peppers in our garden…
How to Ripen Peppers: On the Plant and After Picking
Every fall, I seem to end up with the same problem. Frost is approaching, but there are still plenty of green peppers growing in our garden. This year was no…
What Is a Salve? How To Make Herbal Salves at Home
Herbal salves are one of the simplest homemade remedies you can make. They only require a few ingredients, are easy to customize with different herbs, and can be used year-round…
Fire Honey Recipe: A Sweet and Spicy Herbal Remedy
Fire honey is a new favourite of mine! Don’t get me wrong, I love my traditional herbal fire cider recipe. I still take a shot of the tonic every day…
How to Harvest and Save Sunflower Seeds for Next Year
Sunflowers are my wife’s favourite flower. That’s why you see them all over our website, including our favicon. We grow sunflowers every year for their beauty and for the bees,…