gardening
DIY Holiday Decor for the Garden
Sometimes I have the hardest time getting ready for the HollyDaze. Lately, it has been unseasonably warm, up to 70 degrees! It felt wrong to...
Aqua Farm Giveaway – Grow Food All Year Long!
What is Aquaponics? Aquaponics describes a method of gardening where plants are grown in water. The plants are fed by the waste products of the fish or...
Container Gardening: Winter Edition
Why do I enjoy Container Gardening? We are fans of container gardening around the Pixie's Pocket homestead. Saffron, lettuces, herbs, tomatoes - they all live...
Asheville Herb Festival 2014
Asheville Herb Festival 2014 This year was the 25th anniversary of the Asheville Herb Festival. I have attended every year but one...
Growing Potatoes in Containers: An Experiment
I recall my grandfather growing potatoes in the garden when I was a kid. He was recently retired and happily industrious in the backyard of...
Growing Onions from Scraps
I may never buy onions again! It has been over a month since I last ordered local, organic veggies from Mother Earth Produce, but in...
Soapwort Recipes: Green Cleaning from your Garden!
Soapwort is a versatile plant and it is easy to grow, harvest, and use around the home. It will clean skin, lace, quilts, hair, and bodies. Even...
Planning the Garden – 2014
I walked around my yard this weekend during the one hour or so of sunshine, and it was wonderful. I brought a notebook and pen,...
Putting away 2012 – Tomatoes and Cherries
A Busy Kitchen, by Amber ShehanCandle-making, honey jars, tincture jars, tomatoes, drying herbs, and more! Phew...it is hard to find time...
May and June 2011 Growing Update…
Lavender in May, Image by MSP Ok, so we put our tomatoes out way too early...but we were given leggy tomato...
Circle and Circle and Circles again…
What a month it has been...camping, festivals, dear friends visiting my home and looking to put down roots in these sweet mountains. There's been patterns...
What’s Coming Up in my Garden?
Spring is close...everyone that I see is big-footed and falling over themselves in a state of twitterpation. We had a lovely, loud rolling thunderstorm last...
Learning about Native Appalachian Plants and Herbs
Amber by Modern Scribe Photography Howdy, everyone...I hope Spring's been keeping you as joyfully busy as it's been keeping me! Between...
Mid-April Gardening Update
Well, it's been a beautiful couple of days here in Western North Carolina. The sun has been warm, and the breeze cool - the perfect...
I Love Spring!! An April To-Do List
April is here, and the Pisgah Forest is verdant and buzzing with life. The grass is growing, the earth is warming, and the mockingbirds and...
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