If you've ever planted your garden and had seeds leftover, are they still good to use the next year? It depends. Sometimes seeds will...

Planning your garden will give you peace of mind when it comes to planting time, ensuring you have enough space and seed for each item.

Delicate at the beginning, and robust at fruition. That's what you can expect with sweet potatoes! They are a hearty root vegetable that...

Did you know there are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes? From Celebrity to Jet Star, and Roma to Cherry, there are so many options...

Tomato sauce is an easy way to use up a bunch of tomatoes and to ensure that you are using as much of the tomato as possible! This tomato...

Never buy store bought pickles again! Utilize your garden cucumber harvest and enjoy your homegrown, delicious veggies all year long!

One of our favorite parts of the garden: CUCUMBERS!! We grow cucumbers to have fresh early on, but when we start to get a bunch, we love...

Canning is definitely one of those parts of homestead living that can be tricky. Some batches are perfect, resulting in zero errors....

One of the very FIRST things you can safely plant in your garden is potatoes! Planted in late winter (early-mid March), they will produce...

It doesn't take much to make me tear up, especially when I'm cutting onions! (Do you know why that is? Here's an article explaining the...

We haven't always stored our onions correctly. It's easy to forget about them when they're drying out and curing. Keeping your onions in...

When I was little, I absolutely despised green beans unless they were raw and straight from a garden. I remember being at my grandparents...

Have a bunch of green beans from your garden? If you need a solution to reap the benefits your harvest all year long, try canning them!...

"How do you make a salad rap? By adding a good beet!" When I was growing up, I remember loving a lot of veggies. I would eat just about...

When the first week of June hits, we get excited for BEET HARVEST! **This post contains affiliate links. When you click on the links and...

We've talked about cold crop produce, and now it's time to talk about some of the other options you can plant when the weather gets...

One thing I've learned about growing peas as a family of 6 is the older your kids get, the less peas you harvest. :) Joe always loves to...

Whether you're a first time canner or have been canning for decades, it's always important to make sure your canner is in tip top shape!...

It keeps growing and growing and growing! We have had about 8 complete pickings of spinach leaves since May 6th. That's a ton of...

It's the beginning of May in very warm and muggy Kansas! The kids and I went to the garden to check everything and make sure things...