Ways to Cool Your Greenhouse in the Summer • The Prairie Homestead
Adding a greenhouse to our homestead was a dream come true. When we first decided it was in our budget, I was ready to just start building. It didn’t take…
Top Reasons For Tomato Leaf Curling • The Prairie Homestead
There is nothing more amazing than harvesting those ruby-red romas or vibrantly colored heirloom tomatoes. Many home-gardeners pride themselves on the success and health of their tomato plants. When something…
The Best Garden Trio for Building Healthy Soil • The Prairie Homestead
Stillness. As I sat down to write this, I was trying to think of a word to sum up the hours I spent in my greenhouse and garden over the…
How to Save Tomato Seeds • The Prairie Homestead
Confession: Until very recently, I’ve never really had any interest in saving seeds from my garden. A homesteading lifestyle is about being self-sufficient and having independence, so you would think…
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…