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Cultivating Connections: Why Add Gardening as a Family Activity

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Imagine this: Each weekend, your family gathers to care for your garden. The joy in your children's eyes as they realize they've successfully grown a tomato is priceless. They excitedly inform you that they're the architects behind planting and watering those tomatoes, indicating a newfound attachment to their hard work.  Do you like this sense of accomplishment and connection as part of your family's routine? Then, it's time to include gardening in your list of family activities. Prepared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Enjoying Nature Tagged With: activity, Children, connection, Education, family, family bonding, garden, Gardening, gardening to burn calories, hard work, harvesting produce, home learning, kids, routine, strengthen bonds, unlock creativity, Vitamin D, well-being

Honeyberries: A Delicious Addition to Your Home Garden

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Honeyberries, also known as Haskap berries, are an exciting and relatively forgotten to home gardens. Blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries seem to hog all the spotlight. These small, odd shaped berries are native to northern regions and are gaining popularity among gardening enthusiasts due to their unique flavor, impressive nutritional profile, and ease of cultivation. In this article, we will explore how to grow honeyberries in your home garden and highlight their numerous benefits and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, The Homestead Tagged With: Backyard Gardens, garden, grow food, growing fruit, Homestead, honeyberries, honeyberry, Urban Homestead

How to Use Plants and More to Repel Mosquitoes

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It is the worst when pesky mosquitoes keep you from enjoying the outdoors, especially your own backyard. Some of us with harsh winters don't want to let even one summer night go to waste, so what can be done to keep those blood suckers away?? Well, your garden can actually be used as mosquito control headquarters if you plant strategically! Just be aware that none of the plants I am going to mention can keep mosquitos simply by growing them in a garden or inside a container. I think many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Bacillus thuringiensis, Birds, BTI, Catnip, dunks, garden, Lemon Balm, Lemon Thyme, Mosquitos, Plants, repel, repellant, water, yard

Feeding Rabbits on the Homestead

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Like all pets, rabbits need a balanced diet in order to thrive. Because 20% of a rabbit’s entire body weight is occupied by its digestive system, diet is especially important to a bunny's health. Many of the pellet foods that are provided in the US market contain everything that your rabbit will need nutrition-wise. They are also the simplest option – even though some of them are high in calories compared to what a rabbit would eat out in the wild. They can be kind of pricey though. If you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Homestead Tagged With: bunnies, Buns, costs, feed, Fiber, Fodder, garden, Grass, hay, Homestead, Lettuce, Manure, meat, non gmo, Pellets, pet, produce, Rabbit, sprouting, Vegetables, veggies, Weeds, wheat berries

Get Rid of Slugs in Your Garden Naturally

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For the first time in my gardening career I am facing a slug invasion. Slugs can be a problem when it comes to plants and vegetables. Many gardeners have been reduced to near tears after seeing the fruits of their labor eaten by slugs. If you’re gardening organically this makes the task of getting rid of slugs that much harder. This is my first year gardening at our new homestead so it would appear that slugs may be a problem in our new location but so far I am having success keeping them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: beer, corn meal, Egg Shells, garden, hair, Homestead, natural, naturally, organic, Plants, Slugs, trap, Vegetables

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Meet Tiffany

My name is Tiffany and I am a flower farmer and urban homesteader in Central Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy!! Read More…

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