Why You Should Grow Heirloom Seeds • The Prairie Homestead
There are mountain-high piles of snow everywhere, freezing temperatures, and spring is nowhere in sight. What is a cold-climate gardener to do? This is the time to start garden planning…
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…
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…
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…
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 Fix Tainted Soil • The Prairie Homestead
I’m not stranger to dealing with poisoned and tainted soil in my garden. I wish that I could say that tainted and damaged garden soil has only happened to me…
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 Organize Your Garden Seed Collection • The Prairie Homestead
Tis the season for fresh garden dreams and pretty seed catalogs. I ordered my seeds last night and just like clockwork I went from not thinking about the garden in…
The 5 Biggest Seed-Starting Mistakes Homesteaders Make • The Prairie Homestead
I paused as I dumped the mound of seed packets and tiny baggies on the table. I felt it. Finally. 2023 was intense. As the year drew to a close,…
How I’m Letting My Garden Be Easy This Year • The Prairie Homestead
“What if the garden was easy this year?” The thought landed in my brain and I instantly felt uncomfortable. I love hard things. Impossible challenges are my oxygen. When people…