The Best Mulch for Your Vegetable Garden • The Prairie Homestead
I’ve become a bit of a mulch evangelist. It started with my discovery of Ruth Stout all those years ago and has progressed into a full blown obsession. Now I…
Why Good Potting Soil is Important (and the Story of My Dead Tomato Seedlings) • The Prairie Homestead
Last spring, I couldn’t get my tomato seedlings to grow. I tried everything. After using multiple different seeds and seed companies, trying different pots, changing the lighting, watering differently, and…
How To Plan Out Your Fall Garden • The Prairie Homestead
Most folks assume that once summer is over, then the gardening season is complete. But did you know there is a whole other world of gardening possibilities? Possibilities that can…
The Best Organic Fertilizers for Your Vegetable Garden • The Prairie Homestead
Perfect… Healthy… Well Balanced… Soil… …the kind of soil that encourages disease-free veggie plant growth and produces amazingly high harvest yields. Every Gardener’s Dream! Well, this gardener’s dream anyway… The…
Ways to Heat Your Greenhouse in the Winter • The Prairie Homestead
Here in Wyoming, winters can be brutally cold and crazy windy, so choosing the right greenhouse was pretty important. When we started our search, we discovered that there are so…