The Bonne Maman Advent calendar has quite a following. If you've never heard of it, let me to introduce you to your newest ...

If your home is invaded by ladybugs every fall, here are some great ways to keep them from spending the entire winter with ...

If there's a 'plant parent' in your life, any of these charming and helpful stocking stuffers will surely put a smile on ...

If you pay attention to the three most common causes of dropped buds, you can easily avoid the issue and enjoy blooms every year.

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...

All throughout the year, glass jars are in season. Pickle jars, mustard jars, jam jars, peanut butter jars, Mason jars… Tall ones, short ones, blue ones, clear ones. Glass jars can be found in all ...

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then sow ...

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Homesteaders tend to fall automatically into the DIY lifestyle category. We are self-reliant creators, workers and doers. As clever as our hands are, sometimes they need the help of a useful tool to ...

When I first started gardening in earnest, my learning zeal was as high as the leggy tomatoes I was growing. I was humble enough to know that I didn’t know much, so I’d devour one book a week on the ...

Nothing strikes fear into my houseplant-loving heart more than going to water my plants and finding the tell-tale signs of spider mites. ‘Hmm, those leaves used to be a lot greener…and is that webbing ...

You’ve just left the busy-ness of the city, to move out to the countryside, where everyday life moves a lot slower. The excitement of less stress, fewer distractions and more time for yourself is ...