How does one become an accidental flower farmer? With God’s help, to be sure! This is the story of how two years in a row now God has provided our farm with hundreds of gorgeous volunteer flowers. Only, it was this year that I decided to create more beauty from those already stunning blooms. One…
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12 ideas for when you have too many fresh tomatoes
“Too many tomatoes”?! Get out of here with that non-sense! Okay, I’m joking. I get it. We love our summer gardens but sometimes they over-produce or sometimes you come home to a cardboard box at your door teeming with red globes. You can’t bear to see them wasted but you also can’t fathom peeling another…
Easy Way to Preserve Your Cucumber Harvest: Refrigerator Dill Pickles
If you like dill pickles but hate the food dyes and harmful preservatives found on grocery shelves, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s the easiest way to have crisp dill pickles in just a 24 hour sit in your fridge: refrigerator dill pickles. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small…
How to Turn One Garlic Bulb into Garlic Forever
Garlic (allium sativum) not only packs a flavor punch in many dishes and has a list of healing properties, it is fun and easy growing garlic in your own garden. Read how one bulb of garlic could keep you in garlic forever! Please see my DISCLOSURE STATEMENT before reading any further. I am not a…
Low Tox Weed Killer for Your Garden and Yard
If you’re not a fan of weeds around your garden beds and you’re most surely not a fan of glyphosate or Round-Up spray, then this recipe may be for you. Check out this 3 ingredient low tox weed killer for around your garden and where needed in your yard. This post contains affiliate links, which…
Reasons Why I love to Repurpose Eggshells for Zero Waste Around the Homestead
If you’ve got laying hens or not, having a close as possible to zero waste kitchen on a homestead is a priority for many homesteaders. Why? Because it teaches us to respect and stretch our resources as far as possible. In this post, you’ll learn a few other ways to use your eggshells to get…
How to Make Your Own Calendula Oil
Crafting your own calendula oil is fairly simple if you have the flowers. If not, growing them each summer in your garden is a great addition to your flower and vegetable beds. Read on for how I infuse olive oil with dried calendula to make a fantastic face and body oil. Oh and you can…
How to Reuse Plastic Seedling Containers Safely
The season is upon us to begin shopping for your garden’s seedlings or perhaps you’re looking to sow your own seeds. Put the peat pots down and let’s chat upcycling seedling containers! This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Johnson Home NC is a…
How to keep tomatoes longer on the vine past the first fall frost: one simple hack
The internet is full of ideas for your garden. Some great, others not so great. It takes a good dose of discernment to figure out which ones like “tomato hacks” are best for you. Two years ago I found a pretty incredible tomato hack that helped me not dispose of my tomato plant full of…
What is the Easiest Way to Preserve Tomatoes?
As summer tomato harvest start wrapping up for many garden zones and the temperatures are just still too high for standing over a steaming stove, here is the best way to preserve tomatoes… freeze tomatoes! My almost 95 year old Nana shared this hack with me a few years ago and my life hasn’t been…
