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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,…

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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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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Water Saving Tips for the Garden

With summer comes hot weather and dry days, so naturally you have to water your garden.

Water Saving Tips for the Garden

Because water is precious and conservation is essential, we have to be more water…

Fredrika Syren
Recent Articles, Gardening, Urban Homestead
May, 23, 2022
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Beans, the Climate, Smart Food, and Why You Should Grow Beans

As homesteading vegans, we grow a variety of beans: pole beans, bush beans, fava beans, edamame, chickpeas — and the list goes on. For…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Apr, 04, 2022
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National Plant A Flower Day

March 12th is National Plant A Flower Day and it’s a day dedicated to the planting of flowers and looking forward to the spring season. As a gardener, I love flowers and how much color…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Mar, 11, 2022
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