There’s so much information in the pages of our book, Small-Scale Homesteading we know it will both inspire and educate you! Stephanie and my collective knowledge has been distilled down to what we wished we’d known when we started down this homesteading road. …And I know that’s said about a lot of books by a […]
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Like anything you grow at home- ginger just tastes better than store bought. And with how much I love ginger’s bold and distinct flavor of course I grow it. Plus, growing an exotic, tropical plant up in zones 3 and 4 is pretty darn empowering. Then there’s the fact that most ginger sold in the […]
Filling your basket with fresh picked herbs is one of those garden routines. It is by far one of the more glamorous parts of gardening (much better than mixing compost or weeding, right!?!) so don’t skip this joyful garden practice. Whether you are growing herbs for cooking, herbal tea or the medicine chest there are […]
Symmetry within the circle of our season — that’s the overarching lesson from the garden. But just one of the ways gardening teaches me year after year. It is perfectly absurd to search for a beginning or an end to this cycle; is it when the seeds start forming, when I harvest my saved seed […]
**Updated November 2024** In typical Forks in the Dirt fashion, I have gift ideas for you that cover a lot of ground. You could even say gifts from the ground up. So, here’s my lovingly curated, Mix + Match, Handmade, Local, Always Learning + Eco Friendly Holiday Gift Guide. Homemade Calendula Salve:Calendula Salve is a […]
Succession Planting Basics Succession planting is a simple way to harvest more food for longer in your existing garden space! I am constantly blown away by how many times and how much I can plant in my backyard garden beds. Succession planting boils down to “out with the old and in with the new’. It’s […]
I’m always looking for ways to stretch my growing season up here in Minnesota, and winter sowing lets me get a jump on starting seedlings—without extra lights! The trick is in choosing the right seeds to start and when! Late in January, you can find me thawing out some soil to plant seeds. Not seeds […]
GROW THOSE (micro) GREENS! Microgreens are so much more than the trendy ‘vegetable confetti’ you see on foodie Instagram accounts! Beyond being photogenic, microgreens are the poster child for the phrase “Good things come in small packages”. In case you’re wondering what I’m talking about… Microgreens include a wide variety of edible immature plants. Varieties […]
Many of you have been asking me about vegetable gardening this year and I love it! I wanted to take this chance to cover (more of) the bases at once. Specifically, you’ve been asking me about planting seeds versus getting plants later – not sure how COVID 19 will affect things this season… While I […]
Growing your own salad greens is one of the easiest ways to kick start spring – or prolong fall growing. Greens are fast growing, nutritious, and delicious. And like every early spring after a long winter, it’s a great time to have something to nurture that will nurture you back in a few short weeks. […]
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