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How to Overcome Common Compost Problems

How to Overcome Common Compost Problems In countries that are experiencing snow, the only compost issue that will arise is that a composter may fill to the top before spring. If this…

Keeping Pumpkins Out Of The Landfill

They’re everywhere this time of year — pumpkins! Hundreds of them — in parking lots, pumpkin patches, in huge cardboard bins outside every grocery store, outside and inside every…

Fredrika Syren
Composting
Oct, 18, 2022
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What to Do with Green Tomatoes?

What to Do with Green Tomatoes?
Summertime tomatoes, in all their multicolored, juicy glory, deserve all the credit they get in culinary magazines and recipe blogs. This doesn’t mean, though, that we should ignore the…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Sep, 05, 2022
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Essential Oils for the Garden—A Gardener’s Best Friend

Essential Oils for the Garden—A Gardener’s Best Friend Friend

If you have been following us for a while, you probably already know we’re huge fans of essential oils. We use them for cleaning, personal care,…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Aug, 18, 2022
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Plastic Free Garden

If you’re on social media you find lots of posts about reducing plastic at home and in your daily routines but most people never think about reducing plastic in the garden….

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jul, 05, 2022
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DIY Mason Jar Herb Garden

Let’s explore the fun of DIY Mason Jar Herb Garden
Come springtime, I always have a glut of empty mason jars that have been emptied gradually over the fall and winter. They clutter up our…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening
Jun, 29, 2022
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Growing Potatoes in Small Spaces

Growing potatoes in small spaces

Of all the food we grow in our backyard homestead, potatoes are by far the easiest and least expensive crop we grow. They provide heaps of delicious food for minimal…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
May, 30, 2022
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