My Tour of Backyard Gardens in Italy I was delighted to arrive in Northwest Italy and discover that backyard gardens were in nearly every home. I was taking photos of everyone's backyard (total creeper style) the first several days I...

Catherine stops to check out a roadside garden in Indiana. Start where you are with what you have! Food can grow anywhere there is dirt and sunshine!!!!! Anyone can garden!!!!!

This article originally posted on The Grow Network is part of a series on weed gardens and identifying and using the plants you’ll often find there. For other articles in the series, please click here. As you can see, the weed...

Did you know the ideal time to prune your fruit trees is in mid- to late winter, before the sap starts to "wake up" from the roots and flows back into the branches? If the tree's already been pruned when...

This year we're trying something new and planting our seeds according to the biodynamic farming method. This method has been around for about a hundred years and originated in Austria. It has some ties to the Waldorf education method, but mainly--biodynamic...

How to Grow Peppermint Peppermint is a very easy plant to grow. It thrives in cool shaded areas without much direct sun light. Most gardeners suggest planting from cuttings (they usually root easily in water) because sometimes peppermint from seed...

Attracting pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your garden can be as easy as planting flowers full of nectar, but there are a few key things you can do to keep them around and coming back! 1. Provide...

Invasive plants are non-native plants which thrive and spread aggressively, displacing other natural plants. They are usually introduced by people either accidentally or on purpose, into a region far from their native habitat making these plants non-native. Non-native plant...

This levitating houseplant will add a new twist to your homestead. Powered by two magnets, this Air Bonsai literally holds your small plant in the air like a "little star". The "energy base" is made of hand crafted porcelain that requires...

Catherine and her children were on a walk in Austin Texas and passed the Children's Garden at Casa de Luz. They were informed that the school that was on site had shut down and the Children's Garden was being...

Giant pumpkins are just a thing from fairy tale books, right? Wrong! There's actually an annual worldwide competition to find out who has grown the biggest pumpkin. The current world record has been held by a German gardener since 2014,...

Have you ever heard of the book Gaia's Garden, by Toby Hemenway? It's the best-selling book about permaculture in the world! It's a classic among permaculture enthusiasts and sustainable living folks, thanks to its practical approach to growing food in...