In this video, Doug and Stacy, off-grid homesteaders in the US, demonstrate how they create sweet potato slips for planting, sprouting...

Ready to make some, tasty, traditional, truly weird bread?   How about starting with some 150 year old sourdough starter from the place...

The word herb is a loose term that means any plant grown for flavour or medicinal purposes, including various leafy greens and flowers...

What do turnips, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and bok choy have in common? They are all in the Brassica family. This article will tell...

Wondering which flowering plants to add to your garden this year?   Great for pollination as well as adding beauty, annuals are easy if...

All of the members of the Brassica family that we grow for food (cabbage, kale, kohl rabbi, broccoli and broccolini, cauliflower) are...

Everything that lives, dies. Everything that dies decomposes and releases minerals and nutrients to feed the soil. In nature, organic...

Stefan Sobkowiak is a brilliant permaculture orchardist in Ontario.  As part of a Tree Canada grant, several years ago we were required...

A wise individual once said to me, “Buy land because God ain’t making any more of it.” Regardless of your religious beliefs, or unless...

Growing a wide range of fruit in our climate (Zone 3/4/5) is possible with organic methods inside an unheated greenhouse. This grower in...

Raising food sustainably for production and personal health without herbicides and pesticides at 60 degree north by working with nature....

In this video Sue Bennett and her partner David Holmgren who helped found the Permaculture movement along with Bill Mollison present a...

Most gardeners who grow tomatoes at home, whether outdoors or in a greenhouse, rely on standard commercial varieties such as Sweet...

In the summer of 2020, I had an infestation of aphids in my main tomato greenhouse, an event that I had not experienced in about thirty...

This comprehensive article presents the basics, including carrot varieties, carrot cultivation and offers tips for improving your...

In this video, Charles Dowding, the renowned British no-dig gardener reveals how he grows potatoes without turning over soil, thereby...

In this video the owner of Little Farmhouse Flowers shares details of how she manages and plans her year round flower production using...

New research, reported in the Yale Environment Review reports one-third of the topsoil in the US Midwest and NE is now gone, lost to...

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes, and they fall into several general types.  In this video, the main types of potatoes are...

Regenerative agriculture is all about soil: plants and animals putting carbon and nutrients back into degraded soil to rebuild life,...