If you live south of a certain latitude, your garden is already in the ground and your growing season is...

It is never more gratifying to be a gardener than when luscious ripe tomatoes are rolling off the plants and...

Those of us who raise our own vegetables know it involves more than simply sowing spring seeds and reaping the...

Food preservation skills are an important part of homesteading. It’s wonderful to pop open a jar of home-canned tomatoes or...

It’s a story most gardeners know all too well. We start off the growing season with a blank palette of...

Hard times are nothing new. They have come and gone throughout the centuries, and people have dealt with difficulties as...

For a lot of people, the thought of summer squash brings to mind just a few varieties. The entire list...

There are plenty of reasons why people prefer one food preservation method over. But individual choices aside, here are some...

Tapping trees to make syrup is an annual late-winter-into-spring tradition for many homesteaders. One of the keys to a successful...

When most people think of canning food for winter, there are a few vegetables and fruits that immediately come to...