Ultimate Guide to Growing and Using Carrots

Growing carrots can sometimes be tricky but they are well worth the effort! Learn now to grow, harvest, and store carrots. Plus how to use the whole carrot, including the green carrot tops.

Carrots are the most popular root vegetable grown in the home garden. And for good reason. They taste great, are super nutritious, and are fun to pull up. Growing carrots, isn’t all fun and games, though. They’re particular when it comes to soil and can be stubborn when it comes to germinating. Let’s chat about … Read more

How to Make an Easy Comfrey Poultice plus how to use it

Comfrey poultices made from herbs wrapped in cloth are displayed on a surface. The text at the bottom reads, "How to make Comfrey Poultices for bruises, sprains and muscle pain - SchneiderPeeps.

Poultices are a staple in our homemade first aid supplies. I like to keep a few homemade comfrey poultices on hand for when we need them and I’m going to show you how you can make them in advance too. A few years ago our oldest daughter bruised her big toe at dance (pointe ballet). … Read more

Six fast growing fruit trees {and one vegetable}

image of ripe figs growing on fig tree

Aww, fruit trees! It’s been said that the best time to plant a fruit tree is yesterday – because they take so long to produce. And while it’s true that you won’t get fruit the first year you plant a fruit tree it doesn’t have to take years and years to get fruit either. There … Read more

Fermented (naturally pickled) peppers – a step by step guide

Skip the vinegar and pickle peppers the old fashioned way by fermenting them. Fermented peppers give you all the storage benefits of pickled peppers without the vinegar taste. Make fermented jalapenos or fermented sweet banana peppers, the recipe and process is the same.

Fermented peppers easy to make and are fantastic for someone just beginning the fermenting journey. Sauerkraut. Isn’t that where everyone begins with fermented vegetables? I think it must be as there are many, many sauerkraut articles all over the place I think one of the reasons sauerkraut is such a great place to begin is … Read more