Day by Day Homesteading: The Art of Creating Resiliency, One Day at a Time...

Two zucchinis harvested from my hugelkultur garden bed , proving that you can have a very productive garden without any chemical inputs ....

Calendula blossoms in a salad.  Edible flowers are a great way to add some extra nutrition and vibrant color to your recipes. Flowers...

Our hugelkultur bed has really started to take off lately! In this bed, we have three tomato plants that are starting to grow tomato...

We were given a lovely gift from one of the former owners of our house when we bought it over two years ago.  Well, it wasn't exac...

Hugelkultur is a term that very few Americans are familiar with.   It is a strange, foreign-sounding word, a gardening method tha...

Red Reishi Mushroom growing in the wild, photo courtesy of  Vik Nanda, flikr.com For those who are really interested in herbs a...

For those of you who are new to gardening, or just need a refresher, I wrote a post in February of 2014 about how to start seeds.  Although ...