Top 6 gourmet & medicinal mushrooms you can grow at home
Here are our top recommended medicinal and gourmet mushrooms you can easily grow at home! Includes helpful tips and purchase links.
Definitions plus where to buy non-GMO & organic seeds, bulbs and plants
Certified organic, heirloom, open-pollinated, GMO, hybrid… what does it all mean? Where should you get seeds and nursery plants? In this article, we’ll try to clear up confusion and provide helpful recommendations.
Why and how to grow hardneck garlic
Learn how and why to grow delicious heirloom, organic hardneck garlic so you can enjoy your own homegrown garlic year round!
DIY: How to grow shiitake mushrooms
Find out how to grow shiitake mushrooms — a delicious gourmet mushroom with scientifically proven health benefits.
What percent of a tomato is water?
Have you ever wondered what percent of a tomato is water? We pulled out our scale and dehydrator to get the exact number.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
How to grow organic bananas in non-tropical ag zones
Want to grow your own organic bananas in a non-tropical ag zone? We’ve done it successfully, and we’ll teach you what we learned along the way.