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Gardening

Gardening on a homestead is all about growing food, herbs, and plants that sustain and support your lifestyle. This section covers everything from food gardening and permaculture to herb gardening, pollinator-friendly spaces, and indoor gardening. Whether you’re cultivating a backyard garden or looking to grow indoors, these guides offer practical tips for creating a self-sufficient homestead garden.

Grow Your Own Food

Thyme Herb

Shade tolerant perennial vegetable types

Bee Balm with Hummingbird Mimic

Pollinator Gardening

Winecap mushrooms turn woodchips and garden debris into compost, and you can harvest edible mushrooms as a byproduct.

Growing Mushrooms

How to Grow Sprouts

Indoor Gardening

Grow Your Own Food

Grow Your Own Food

10+ Fruits You Can Grow from Cuttings

Gardening

Best (& Worst) Plants for Raised Bed Gardening

Gardening

Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners

Grow Your Own Food

How to Grow Grapes from Greenwood Cuttings

Herb Garden

Herb Gardening

How to Grow Thyme

Herb Gardening

26+ Kitchen Herbs That Grow in Shade

Herb Gardening

12+ Easy to Grow Medicinal Herbs

Beginner's Guides

Seed Starting (Beginner’s Guide)

Permaculture

Permaculture

20+ Perennial Vegetables That Grow in Shade

Permaculture

20+ Fruits That Grow in Shade

Permaculture

Permaculture Garden To-Do List (By Season)

Permaculture

How to Grow Hardy Kiwi (Hardy to -40 degrees!)

All Gardening

Grow Your Own Food

10+ Fruits You Can Grow from Cuttings

Gardening

Best (& Worst) Plants for Raised Bed Gardening

Gardening

Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners

Grow Your Own Food

How to Grow Grapes from Greenwood Cuttings

Gardening

Beginner’s Guide to Composting

Herb Gardening

How to Grow Thyme

Craft Herbal Remedies

16+ Kitchen Herbs to Plant for Pollinators

Herb Gardening

26+ Kitchen Herbs That Grow in Shade

Herb Gardening

12+ Easy to Grow Medicinal Herbs

Gardening

Growing Garlic in Raised Beds

Gardening

Countertop Composting for Beginners

Growing Mushrooms

Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms

Beginner's Guides

Beginners Guide to Seed Saving

Home Orchard

100+ Heirloom Apples to Try Before You Die

Gardening

How to Grow Sprouts

Permaculture

20+ Perennial Vegetables That Grow in Shade