A fresh note from the garden every day — what's growing, what's working, what the land is teaching. Texas growing, homesteading, and honest self-reliance, straight from El Campo.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Boost soil health in 10 minutes a day.
Late July feels like the garden's dead season, but it's secretly the most important planting week of the year — fall starts NOW. Here's my actual list.
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Late July feels like the garden's dead season, but it's secretly the most important planting week of the year — fall starts NOW. Here's my actual list.
If I had bare land and one season to start feeding my family from it, these are the five perennials I'd plant first — and exactly why each one earns its spot.
The land tells you what it is before the listing does — in its weeds, its trees, its low spots, and its fence lines. Here's how I walk a property before money changes hands.