Grow Your Own Food

Starting a garden is one of the best places to begin if you are new to homesteading and self-sufficiency. It's low risk (no live animals to worry about) and fairly inexpensive to get started. If you're an experienced gardener, I've got you covered, too! You'll gain access to my best tips and tricks for a bountiful harvest.
A huge pile of freshly harvested onions laying in the garden
Grow Your Own Food

How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Onions

Knowing how to grow onions well and have them store for up to 9 months feels like a rite of passage for homesteaders, doesn’t it? There’s definitely an art to it, but once you crack the code, you feel like you want to shout it to the rooftops. Plus, if you’re wanting to live a

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Grow Your Own Food

5 Best (and 3 Worst) Companion Plants for Tomatoes

Adding some companion plants for tomatoes is an excellent way to maximize the productivity and health of your tomato plants. Not only that, but picking the right plants could help deter pests and reduce the risk of disease, such as blight.  Alternatively, there are certain plants that aren’t friends with tomatoes and should be left in a

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A mature zucchini plant with a marigold companion plant next to it
Grow Your Own Food

The Best (and Worst) Zucchini Companion Plants

Utilizing zucchini companion plants is an excellent way to maximize the productivity and health of your zucchini plant. Not only that, but picking the right plants could help deter pests like the awful squash vine borer! There’s nothing more frustrating than dealing with that pest. Argh! Alternatively, there are certain plants that aren’t friends with

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10 dark red bean seeds placed evenly on a paper towel that is draped over a wooden cutting board
Grow Your Own Food

How to Test Seed Viability at Home

Have some old seeds lying around? You’re probably wondering if they are still good for planting or not. We’ve all been there! No one wants to wait around for dud seeds to fail when you’re following a seed-starting timeline. Not only is it disappointing, but as a zone 4A Minnesota gardener, our season is way

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A close up view of a vertical garden kit with brassicas
Grow Your Own Food

The 5 Best Vertical Garden Kits in 2025

Vertical gardening is rapidly becoming a popular way to grow food and utilizing vertical garden kits makes it easier than ever! Vertical garden kits are a great solution for those living in an apartment or city lot who are short on gardening space. It’s also ideal for avid gardeners (like me!) who like to keep

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Soil pH testers set up in the garden next to each other
Grow Your Own Food

The 5 Best Soil pH Testers in 2025

If your garden plants are stunted and not growing well, then acquiring the best soil pH tester on the market is a great first step to diagnosing the issue! Many people forget about testing the pH of their garden soil, so make sure that you aren’t making this common mistake. Soil pH testers provide valuable

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