There is an old saying in gardening for sowing seed, "Four seeds all in a row, one for blackbird, one for the crow, one for the cutworm, and one to grow." We have been gardening and backyard farming long enough to know from experience that in order to keep from being inundated with swarms of …
I wanted to do a little experimenting with growing onions from onions this year so rather than storing them properly, I decided to see what would happen if I encouraged a few to sprout by putting them in baskets in the windowsill. Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed! One has already begun to sprout and …
Empty Nest Homesteading 