How to safely kill mosquitoes in your yard
Want to safely get rid of mosquitoes in your yard using methods that don’t harm people, pets, or wildlife? Find out how!
We’ve been busy, how about you?
Sorry we’ve absent for so long! Between the Farm at Oak Hill Cafe, family tragedies, and regular work, making time to write has been a challenge.
Garden hygiene: response to a question from Joan Axthelm
Joan Axthelm asked about our garden hygiene approach, specifically how we avoid eating pathogens or contaminated food from our garden. Here are our answers!
Part II: How to Build a Backyard Pond with DIY Biofilter
A commenter asked some great, detailed questions about our DIY backyard pond we built for our ducks, so we answered them in this article.
Container Gardening Questions Answered!
We recently received a list of container gardening questions from a new gardener – our answers may be helpful to you as well!
Yes, wisteria flowers are edible and they make delicious drinks
Wisteria flowers are edible, delicious, and nutritious. They’re great eaten raw but you can also turn them into an amazing fermented sparkling cordial.
Morel mushrooms: a massive foraging haul and some new recipes
Morel mushrooms are fruiting! We’ve seen some of our biggest harvests ever this year, and the morel recipes we’ve been making have been incredible.
Starting a Farm – Oak Hill Cafe, Farm To Table
In collaboration with That Gardening Guy, we’re starting a no-till farm for Oak Hill Cafe, a farm-to-table restaurant in Greenville, SC. We’ll be sharing what we learn along the way!
Sorrel: a veggie that tastes like lemons (+sorrel soup recipe)!
Both wild and domesticated sorrel are delicious lemon-flavored treats. Here’s a sorrel soup recipe for the veggie that packs more Vitamin-C than citrus!
How to avoid getting sick (and feel better)
I’ve successfully used these 10 practical approaches and tips to completely avoid getting sick for well over a decade. You can use them too.
DIY grow lights: easily grow garden seedlings, microgreens, and more
These DIY grow lights are affordable, easy to set up, and can produce hundreds or even thousands of dollars in edible plants each year!
Chickweed recipe: turning common weeds into gourmet food
Looking for a good chickweed recipe? Find out how to grow and use this culinary and medicinal “weed” in the kitchen.
How to make the best tasting homemade milk kefir
Milk kefir has up to 8x more probiotics than yogurt and is ridiculously easy to make. Come find out how!
Help us name this amazing new pot moving device!
When we needed a pot moving device for our citrus, there was only man for the job: John Robertson of Pecan Dale Farmstead.
What to Feed Ducks and Ducklings
Got ducks? Thinking about getting ducks? Here’s helpful information about the nutrition they need and where to find organic duck feed.