Southern Spaghetti Sauce is our favorite comfort-food pasta sauce, whether with fresh tomatoes or canned. Make a big batch tonight.
How to get rid of slugs {Natural Life Link-up}
We've all been there. You plant some new flowers or delightful little seedlings in the ground, excited that the growing season is starting out and you'll soon have delicious fruits and vegetables ripening on the vine. You water them and make sure they are tucked into...
How to make champagne vinegar
Have you ever woken up after a great party (say a New Year's Eve celebration) and realized that you were so wrapped up in the partying that you ended up with 4 half-empty bottles of champagne left standing around ? Or have you found a great deal on cheap sparkling...
Harvesting Sunflower Seeds {Natural Life Link-up}
Sunflowers are a favorite of many gardeners and flower lovers alike. I love how they are able to dominate a space in a garden and fill it with color when many other flowers are starting to fall away. Sunflowers are extremely easy to grow and in fact, I plant to do...
The Ultimate Guide to Permaculture Review {Garden Life Link-up}
Before we got this whole move to Berlin started, I was contacted by Skyhorse Publishing about receiving a few books of theirs for review. I've read several of their homesteading books (including The Joy of Hobby Farming) in the past and really enjoyed them, so the...
The Joy of Hobby Farming review
A little while back, I was approached by Skyhorse Publishing, regarding an opportunity to write a review of any book on their website. I have to admit, there were about 50 books I would love to read on their website, and it took me a lot of time to select one that I...
{Garden Life} Guerrilla gardening in Berlin
Earlier this week, we were on an exploratory trip to Berlin. Monday through Wednesday, we were hunting for our new apartment (and found one we adore) and looking into the areas we could end up living. The apartment we like does have a small balcony which we’ll likely...
{Garden Life} Growing Stevia
Back in 2007, we started our first adventure into growing stevia. We had heard about this naturally sweet plant and just had to try it out. We're avid iced tea drinkers, and we like it sweet. So we end up going through a whole lot of sugar in a month. Although the...
{Garden Life} Treat houseplant scales naturally
Over the last 6 or 7 years, we have collected quite a collection of houseplants. Some of them have fared really well, and others I killed pretty quickly (like every beautiful orchid ever brought into our home).It's not that I intended for the plants to die; I just...
{Garden Life} Winemaking 101: The tools
Long-time NOH readers will find it no surprise that we have begun really enjoying to make wine over the last 3 or 4 years. It's not something I've really talked a lot about because it's a rather involved process, and we were really still trying to learn what...
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