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Simple Herb Gardening
When I started gardening, many years ago, I planted a small hyssop plant. It was the first herb I grew. I chose it for how it looked and for the fragrance. Since then, I’ve expanded my herb garden and...
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How to Grow a Cup of Tea
What’s better than a hot cup of tea on a cold winter’s night? Knowing that the herbs in your cup are from your own garden and the delicate honey that sweetens it is from a nearby beehive. Why not plan...
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10 Spiritual Lessons from Gardening
Gardeners and farmers live in tune with the seasons. We’re intimately acquainted with the life cycles of food and how it arrives on our tables because we’re involved in every step. Here are ten ways...
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Container Gardening | Guest Post by Angela England
Container gardening is a great way to grow fruits and vegetables when you don’t have a huge garden space but still want to grow edible goodies. You’ve probably seen tempting pictures of strawberry...
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Bounty!
Here on Not Quite Amish, seemingly surrounded by workers of the land, I have an admission to make: I have two brown thumbs. I am not a gardener, farmer, or tender of any plants. It is not my gift. I...
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What Good is a Garden?
While relaxing on a friend’s back porch over a spicy vegetarian stew and homemade bread, the conversation turned, naturally, to food. Everyone around the table expressed concern over how much junk...
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Gardens and Trowels and Seeds, Oh My!
Have you noticed the new lifestyle trend where everyone wants to grow some veggies? It’s now considered more IN to have heirloom tomatoes growing in a planter on your apartment balcony than to own the...
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Getting Dirty with Jesus
It’s summer, and once again my fingernails are a wreck. I’ve got a quarter-inch gash hanging slanted off my pointer finger cuticle, like a bloody Q sign. My left thumb looks like it got into a fight...
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Conserving
One of the new buzz words in our culture is “conservation.” But that idea isn’t a new one. The Amish have been conserving for years, and our grandparents did too. One way we conserve is WATER. Living...
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A Garden Interview with Nancy Sleeth
Nancy, you have been an advocate for backyard gardens. How did you get into gardening? I didn’t always love gardening. I grew up in the suburbs, and every spring my dad had a load of steaming mulch...
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