Why your marjoram tastes like cardboard (and how to fix the soil). High-flavor marjoram isn’t born in a bag of sterile potting mix. It’s built in a living ecosystem. Learn ...
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CASE STUDY: We've been living off the grid for the last 40 years...
In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...
Stop cutting your rosemary like a hedge and start triggering its ‘growth engine’ with this one simple snip. Most gardeners treat rosemary like a chore, hacking away at the old ...
Parsley seeds are notoriously slow and stubborn, but this pro trick cuts germination time in half. Tired of waiting 4 weeks for parsley to sprout? The pros know that parsley ...
Most gardeners break their backs trying to dig up this giant medicinal root—here is the secret to doing it in minutes. Harvesting elecampane doesn’t have to be a battle with ...
The secret to keeping that signature aromatic oil from evaporating into thin air. Dried tarragon loses its essential volatile oils almost instantly, leaving you with hay-flavored dust. If you want ...
One of these methods kills your parsley, while the other gives you a fresh harvest all season long. Most gardeners treat parsley like a one-time crop, cutting the whole thing ...
You are one glass of water away from an infinite supply of organic rosemary. Why spend $20 at the garden center for a single plant that might struggle to transplant? ...
Are you wasting 20 minutes picking stems when you could finish the job in 20 seconds and double your yield? Stop being so gentle with your herbs! If you want ...
Those ‘dead’ stems are actually the secret ingredient to the most aromatic BBQ you’ve ever tasted. When your sage gets woody, don’t just dump the prunings in the compost. Those ...
Your arnica patch doesn’t need more of your time; it needs a better strategy. I spent years fighting weeds in my arnica patch until I realized I was fighting nature. ...