Imagine a nice sunny morning, toast, fresh out of the toaster, and when you open the fridge and BAM! Homemade blackberry jam is right there waiting for you! With this easy sugar-free blackberry jam recipe, that little daydream can be a reality. What you’ll need Large Heavy-Based Saucepan Medium Bowl Spatula or Wooden Spoon Jam…
It’s peach season and the perfect time to enjoy this healthy peach smoothie recipe! Smoothies are a good way to increase your fruit intake, they are easy to make, and offer a wide variety of nutrients in an enjoyable refreshing drink. Combined with various fruits, peaches can give you a healthy boost in a refreshing…
Hummingbirds, those tiny, beautiful birds that can fly up to about 60 miles per hour, are a joy to watch. They love the color red and will often hover in front of it before darting off to find nectar. Hummingbird feeders are a great addition to any garden because they help these lovely creatures thrive…
What is the best garden tractor for hills? Do you even need a garden tractor to keep the parts of your yard that lie on a slope trimmed and trash-free? There’s a huge market filled with options for finding the best garden tractor, best riding lawn mower, or, for a very few yards, the best…
With peaches are in season right now, what better way to enjoy them than by making a peach pie? YUM! Let’s look at how to make a peach pie with fresh peaches. How do you know which peaches make the best pies? Although it is the yellow and white peaches that are most ideal, color…
Baby chicks are so cute! These days, many families are choosing to raise chickens in their backyards. If you are homesteading or starting your tiny backyard farm, raising chicks is something you might need to know about. You may already have egg-laying chickens or maybe planning to get baby chicks for the first time. But…
Arizona’s impressive biogeographic spectrum, from the piñon-juniper woodlands of the Colorado Plateau to the spectacular hot deserts of the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan, makes for quite a fantastic lineup of native plants. Thrilling to explore their natural habitat, many of these natives do well in cultivation. Boiling down the “top” native plants of the Grand…
All of Alabama is lush and green, and thousands of plant varieties grow freely in this state that gets plenty of rainfall. The state is long, however, and the bottom part of the state is a much different ecosystem than the top part of the state. North Alabama gets freezing temperatures every winter and snow…
Ohio is a place of natural beauty with rolling hills, lush forests, and waterfalls. Everywhere you look you will find beautiful foliage so let’s take a look at ten of our favorites on the Ohio native plants list that will add something beautiful to your garden. Ohio Native Plants List Ohio, The Buckeye State is…