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Whether you need some help getting started with botanical drawing, or you teach yourself, it's a fun and useful skill.

Botanical Drawing for Fun and Learning

Botanical drawing is a fun intersection of multiple interests. Using art to better appreciate the plants around us and learn more about them? Yes, please! …

How To Grow Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are one of the most nutrient dense plants and great for beginning gardeners. Learning how to grow sweet potatoes is a great way …

Cats are a great solution to pest control on the homestead. Homestead cats are good hunters and decrease the rodent population.

Here’s Why Homestead Cats Are The Best

Cats are one of the best animals to have around the homestead. They have many different uses, they make great companions, and they’re easy to …

How To Learn How To Wildcraft

There are an abundance of lovely and useful plants that we can plant in our yards and gardens. And there are even more available to …

Preserving garlic is one of the easiest ways to learn how to store your garden's harvest for later. Here are three different methods you can use to store your garlic crop and enjoy your delicious homegrown garlic all year!

3 Popular Ways of Preserving Garlic From Your Garden

Garlic is one of my all time favorite plants to grow. It’s pretty much foolproof, which is very important for black thumbed gardeners like myself! …