Dehydrator Recipes for Storing Food
Dehydration is the best way to store food for the long-term. We scoured our favorite homesteading sites to find the best recipes for the foods you’re most likely to want to preserve.
Dehydration is the best way to store food for the long-term. We scoured our favorite homesteading sites to find the best recipes for the foods you’re most likely to want to preserve.
The ZZ Plant – Zamioculcas zamiifolia one very popular foliage plant used in homes and offices around the world.
When it comes to growing beans, there are many different types of beans that can be grown in your garden or even inside the house in a container. All kinds of beans are relatively easy to grow and can be grown with limited space as well. Hopefully, this guide for how and when to plant green beans will help you out this growing season.
People are increasingly concerned with the quality of air in the indoor spaces in which they spend significant amounts of time.
The many different varieties of interesting grasses provide an easy way to add color and contrast to a monochrome landscape setting. Grasses are very decorative, and well-placed specimens can create very eye-catching points of interest.
How to start seeds, germinate, grow, and care for them is a gardener’s life skill. Many plants and vegetables fare better when started indoors before the ground warms up. We’ll go over some of the most common (and successful) ways to start seeds both indoors and out, as well as give our favorite tools for…
Even a small house on a city lot can plant a series of trees and woody perennials to capture carbon while creating a beautiful landscape. Trees that can withstand the wind and snow, add layers of shade to your home, bring oxygen into the air and help disperse the heat they give off. Even if…
The relentless march forward of ‘progress’ damages our 56 species of butterfly and 2,500 species of moths who are sensitive to change – but your garden can help them find food and shelter.
The climbing Hydrangea is a woody, vine species of hydrangea belonging to the Hydrangeaceae family. The plant is native to Japan, Siberia, and the Korean peninsula.This plant has two plant types or cultivators you’ll find at the garden center – firefly climbing hydrangea and Miranda climbing hydrangea.
Briefly, a composite is a member of the composite family (Compositae or Asteraceae family).However, such a statement conveys little information to one who is just learning.It becomes clearer to say that a composite is a member of the daisy family or the Sunflower family, Aster flowers, Thistle, Chicory or Ragweed family. But garden magazines, garden books, and nursery catalogs frequently use the word composite.We should become thoroughly familiar with it. The best way to know a word is to use it.
These easy-care, low-water plants are found in the Northern Hemisphere, but some members are native to South America and Africa.
To get a great crop of blueberries every year, one also has to prune the shrubs every winter. Not spring or fall, but during winter when the plant is dormant. Pruning is a little tricky in the beginning, but the video below from the University Of Maine explains clearly how to prune blueberries and why.
Invariably organic gardeners face the question, which type of compost bin should I buy? A stationary bin or tumbler? And how large?
Every room in your house looks cozier and more beautiful filled with houseplants.
In this article, we will discuss a dozen of the top picks for creating a container garden that delivers a powerful visual impact.
Hardy orchids are not for the faint-of-heart gardener but those who love plants have found success growing them as natives among a wildflower planting, in a shaded garden or as a cherished, and protected, specimen plant.
Choosing the ideal trellis plants that flower can be a challenging decision. There are plenty of climbing plants and flowering vines for growing on a trellis system. Each of the flowering vines has their own beauty and characteristics. There are many creative ideas and products on how to mix flowers and give your garden and property a beautiful accent.
Topiary is found most of the time at large theme parks like Disney World because of a significant amount of time required to trim the leaves and branches to intricate figures and cost of that time.
Japanese gardens have been fascinating and enchanting people for thousands of years with their incredible aesthetic appeal and relaxing atmosphere. For a western viewer, no feature better encompasses these attributes than their beautifully designed bridges.
The dogwood tree is an attractive tree in every season of the year. In the springtime, dogwood trees burst into full blooms blanketing the woodlands in white. In the fall, the same trees provide a wonderful “turning of the leaves” autumn experience. They also produce delightful red berries that provide sustenance for birds.
it’s best to grow your own chamomile. It is so easy to grow, and when you produce it yourself you know, it is natural and pure.
Purple fountain grass – Pennisetum setaceum “Rubrum” is an ornamental landscape grass. Its foxtail plumes and striking burgundy foliage show up well when surrounded by contrasting plants. This herbaceous perennial grass is heat tolerant and grows well in poor soil.
So you’ve carved your Halloween pumpkin, and it is a masterpiece!
The question is now – “How do you preserve a carved pumpkin from rotting?” The last thing you would want to see after carving some Halloween pumpkins is the lovely carved out smiles turning into rotting grimaces.
Some people believe in tomato companion plants and others think it is some old wives tale. Growing friendly plants together is said to help growth, produce more flavor and protect fruits and vegetables from insects and pests.
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