by Tess Pennington | May 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
Growing a healthy crop of beets is possible! Beets, like the Cylindra Beet are chock full of the immune-boosting nutrient vitamin C, which will help your body fight off colds naturally, but that’s not all! They also contain a unique source of phytonutrients...
by Tess Pennington | May 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
Bell peppers, like most vegetables, contain high amounts of nutrients difficult to get by consuming what’s on the grocery store shelves. Bell peppers also offer that added punch of flavor to food without adding any spice. Did you know that green peppers are just...
by Tess Pennington | April 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
A gardenless yard is a blank canvas, in my eyes. We all have an idea of what the perfect garden should look like. Some envision a perennial garden filled with roses, for some, it may be an edible garden, and others, a container garden for the patio filled with lovely...
by Tess Pennington | April 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides, Uncategorized
Nothing beats the summer heat like a fresh cucumber from the garden. These sun-loving vegetables are great for first-time gardeners and easy to grow. Pickling cucumbers, like Boston Picklers are prolific when they get going and are perfect for canning, but slicing...
by Tess Pennington | April 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
When I was growing up, I was lucky enough to have a grandfather who grew lots of vegetables (this is where my passion for gardening started). Without fail, every summer he would drop off bags of green beans and we would spend an afternoon breaking off the ends and...
by Tess Pennington | February 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
Spinach is one of the first seeds you can plant for a spring harvest and a wonderful source of Vitamin A and one of the healthiest sources minerals and nutrients that we can grow. It is considered a superfood because of all the nutrition these little leaves are packed...
by Tess Pennington | February 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
While the weather outside is still on the chilly side, many are making use of their time indoors and get a headstart on the upcoming gardening season by starting seeds indoors. Doing so results in earlier and longer harvests. This economic gardening method...
by Tess Pennington | January 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
Barley is a high-yielding cereal grain that can be adapted to many parts of the homestead. It can be used as a tasty cereal, ground into flour, sprouted for super food, grown as fodder for livestock (which can save you lots of money when using homemade fodder in...
by Tess Pennington | January 2018 | Featured, Garden, Gardening Guides
For many of us, our jobs dictate that we live near a city and, as a result, our yards are smaller and may not provide adequate space for a large garden. As well, those that are renting homes may also be limited to what they can do with a yard. For a short time, I...
