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Category: gardening
Putting the Garden to Bed
There’s a particular kind of satisfaction in tucking a garden in for winter — not the frantic energy of spring … More
Apple Season, the Lazy (Delicious) Way
September means our counters disappear under apples: ours, the neighbor’s overflow, whatever’s on sale at the stand down the road, … More
Too Much Garden, Not Enough You: A Real Talk Guide to Harvest Overwhelm
If you walked outside this morning, looked at your counters, and thought “Who did this to me?” Welcome. You’re not … More
Freezing Wild Berries the Right Way
I mentioned this method briefly in my summer foraging post, but it deserves its own space, because it’s genuinely the … More
Summer Foraging: Wild Berries, Craft Supplies, and the One Thing I Still Won’t Touch
Summer on the homestead means one thing on repeat: pockets full of berries, hands stained purple, and a side by … More
What’s Actually in Your Seed Packet: Heirloom, Hybrid, and GMO Seeds Explained
Stand in front of a seed display long enough and the labels start to blur together. Heirloom. Open-pollinated. Hybrid. Non-GMO. … More
The Good Neighbors: A Beginner’s Guide to Companion Planting
Gardens, it turns out, have a social life. The way we tend to picture a vegetable garden: tidy rows, one … More
Cold Frames, Hot Beds & Milk Jugs: Season Extension for Gardeners Who Refuse to Quit
If you garden in northern Vermont — or anywhere else that gets serious winter — you already know the particular … More
The Ground Beneath Everything: A Gardener’s Year in Soil
Every experienced gardener will tell you the same thing, eventually. You ask them about their tomatoes and they talk about … More