8 Uncommon Spices You Can Grow at Home • Insteading
When you’re new to cooking, or if you’ve been raised with a certain style of cooking, the spice aisle can seem intimidating. The names, colors, and flavors are intriguing, but…
When you’re new to cooking, or if you’ve been raised with a certain style of cooking, the spice aisle can seem intimidating. The names, colors, and flavors are intriguing, but…
“It’s called the Darwin orchid.” My friend pointed to the latest addition to her collection. Darwin orchid plant. Photo courtesy of sunoochi / Wikimedia “Charles Darwin did a lot of research…
I don’t know what caused it or when raising quail became a hot topic, but I’ve definitely noticed an influx of interest. My first interaction with these beautiful birds was…
For the vast, vast majority of time, humans lived and cooked without electricity or gas. Yet, within less than two centuries under the influence of electricity’s convenient grid, people in…
When I first began homesteading, this is the sort of article I would have scoffed at. I was going off-grid: back to the land, back to nature, back to basics,…
“That’s huge!” I exclaimed. “How did you ever fit it in an indoor orchid garden?” “It took some doing,” my friend agreed. “This gigantic phalaenopsis is not even full height.”…
Some folks have huge, lush gardens full of growing produce and gorgeous flowers. Some (currently) can only dream of having huge, lush gardens full of growing produce and gorgeous flowers.…
Given that anything can happen at any time, it’s safe to say we can’t always know what is headed our way (or how long it will last) — but starvation…
“Did you know there are more than three dozen species of trillium in North America?” My friend, always a fountain of gardening knowledge, was teaching me something new. We were…
Wood ash. Photo courtesy of Walter Siegmund // Wikimedia Commons For the average suburbanite, wood ashes are something you probably encounter once a year during a summertime campfire, and quickly…