Fabulous Bonsai Herbs
Hello! This is Guenivere, the Little Frugal Gardener stopping by to share with you a new hobby of mine – bonsai herbs. The art of growing miniature tree -like plants in small pots is known as bonsai,...
View ArticleGrow Your Own Echinacea
Echinacea is one of the most well-known and popular herbal remedies. In fact, Echinacea tincture was the first “Snake Oil” sold by old time peddlers as a cure-all for everything from cancer to snake...
View ArticleA walk through the garden
For the past several months my mornings have all begun the same way. In my garden, pajama clad and coffee cup in hand, inspecting newly ripened vegetables, preying on the insects preying on my...
View ArticleGrowing Herbs in a Jar
I have this little obsession with vintage mason jars. Okay well canning jars in general. With that in mind, can you imagine all the little crafts one could do with canning jars? Looking at the cute...
View ArticleFarm to Fork – in New York!
Last month I visited the greatest city on earth, narrowly escaping Hurricane Sandy. I arrived in New York by train the Friday before the storm hit. I had planned to stay through Monday, but by the...
View ArticleThe Tooth of the Lion
If you want to start learning herbal medicine, look no further than your front yard. Perhaps you have “been at war with the weeds” and every year expressed frustration and anger at the relentless,...
View Article3 superfoods that anyone can grow
Okay everyone, I’ve got some really exciting news. Well, it may be slightly less exciting for you than it is for me, but you can fake it, right? I’m expanding my portfolio and writing for another site....
View ArticleStart your own indoor herb garden
The weather outside is frightful– frightfully teasing, that is. Today it may be freezing but just last week it felt like Spring. If this sporadic weather has you gardeners missing warmer days then...
View ArticleStraw Bale Raised Beds
So, perhaps you’d like a raised bed or two and have limited funds and space. I have good news–there is an economical way that keeps the plants very happy: straw bale raised beds! Straw bales can...
View ArticleHow to keep track of your garden + an E-book giveaway
Some people garden to provide their family with better quality food than they could afford to purchase. Some garden because they feel a responsibility to the care of the environment. Some garden as a...
View ArticlePlanning a Garden for Cooking
Have you ever been seduced by those gorgeous gardening catalogs or the bright photographs on the seed packages? Perhaps you’ve filled your garden beds with tomatoes and lettuce and all the standard...
View ArticleGiveaway! Mary’s Heirloom Seeds
Is it Spring time yet where you live? Have you finished your garden preparations– have you started? Don’t fear if you’re lagging behind. We’re here to help. Homegrown & Healthy is collaborating...
View ArticleDig into Spring
I know that by now I’ve already sent out the message loud and clear: I am excited about Spring. I mean, really freaking excited. I’m back in the country, surrounded by acres of land and a sky full of...
View ArticleBuild Your Own $20 Outdoor Cob Oven: weekend projects
The Year of Mud offers a range of natural building workshops at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Missouri for folks who want to get hands-on experience learning about building, and living a more...
View ArticleThe Wonderful Willows
How to make your own natural plant rooting hormone and other functional and medicinal uses of Willows Paul Strauss calls trees “the big herbs.” When folks think of herbal medicine, they often think of...
View ArticleSpring Plantings
Spring Planting Spring! Depending on where you live, March might be time to plant tomatoes and cantaloupes (Southern states) or to cry into your seed catalogs as yet another snowstorm rolls through...
View ArticleDIY Pallet Compost Bin: weekend projects
This weekend Rick and I decided to move our compost bin. Rick built it last year out of seven pallets he was able to scavenge. I looked through all my old photos and posts and can only find a few...
View ArticleRaised garden bed: weekend projects
Our raised-bed vegetable garden! We threw some river rock down to cover up some of the bare earth. Once the sides were built up we filled it with dirt from the local landscape supply, added some 2×4′s...
View ArticleGiveaway! Outdoor must haves to keep you organized
Okay green thumbs! Have you been enjoying all of our fun ideas for gardening (like this, this, or this)? Whether you’re a seasoned homesteader or just keeping your hands busy while you get some fresh...
View ArticleAsparagus hunt
The expensive prices at the grocery stores are misleading: asparagus is actually extremely easy to grow. And to forage (for free!) In addition to the small patch that we have growing in our yard, there...
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