Saving seeds from your own garden plants is a great old-fashioned way to save money in your garden, but the process of saving seeds from some vegetables isn’t always quite as simple as harvesting the plants at the end of the season and gathering the seeds. If you’re trying to save seeds from carrots, for… Continue reading How to Save Seeds from Carrots, Beets, and Other Biennial Plants
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4 Times When It’s Best NOT to DIY
DIY projects have become increasingly popular the past few years (as anyone who has visited Pinterest lately is well aware of), and there are lots of great reasons to give them a try. They are a great way to customize things exactly the way you like them, and when you’re making things yourself, you can… Continue reading 4 Times When It’s Best NOT to DIY
12 Ways to Hygge in the Spring
The art of hygge is something that has become more and more popular in recent years. Hygge is usually associated with the cold, dark winter months, but hygge isn’t something that needs to be limited to just the cold months of the year. Practicing hygge in the spring can be just as enjoyable and as… Continue reading 12 Ways to Hygge in the Spring
8 Easy Ways to Get Healthier (Without Changing What You Eat)
Trying to live a healthier lifestyle seems like it would be a simple thing, but it can get surprisingly complicated sometimes, especially when it comes to food. If you do any reading or researching online, you’ll likely find dozens of different recommendations for the ideal healthy diet or for foods that you should either add… Continue reading 8 Easy Ways to Get Healthier (Without Changing What You Eat)
How to Use Hygge to Improve Your Health and Well-Being
For our ancestors, winter was usually thought of as an enjoyable time of year even though the weather was cold. Winter time was often a time of less work and more leisure time, and this slower pace meant that winter was a peaceful time for relaxation and rest. This old-fashioned view of the cold weather… Continue reading How to Use Hygge to Improve Your Health and Well-Being
How to Make A Backup Sourdough Starter
If you like baking with a sourdough starter, the best thing you can do to make sure you can continue using it for a long time is to make a backup sourdough starter. Even though sourdough starters are usually pretty resilient and hard to kill, if you neglect feeding it for too long, or if… Continue reading How to Make A Backup Sourdough Starter
How to Store Vegetables for Winter
Whether you want to store your own garden-grown produce or whether you want to take advantage of a bulk discount for fresh vegetables from a local farm stand or farmer’s market, one of the most important things to know is how to properly store those vegetables for the winter. Storing produce for the… Continue reading How to Store Vegetables for Winter