Backyard Farms: How to Create a Small Farm in 10 Steps
Starting a small backyard farm from the comfort of your backyard can be an overwhelming adventure. However, it can also be a fulfilling and rewarding experience where you can grow your foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and raise livestock for eggs, milk, and meat. 10 Steps to Establishing a Small-Scale Farm in Your […]
Digging In: How to Start Your Gardening and Landscaping Journey with Confidence
A small garden, though seemingly difficult initially, can be converted into a beautiful and blossoming landscape with sufficient maintenance and focus. Whether your interest lies in cultivating your own produce or merely desiring a serene area to unwind outside, there exist numerous strategies to optimize your garden’s potential. To maximize a small garden’s potential, prioritize […]
Snap, Sizzle, Pop: 6 Benefits of Lighting a Campfire
With the promise of warmer weather right around the corner, many outdoor adventurers are dreaming up plans for summer campouts. For many, nights spent around the campfire are the highlight of their camping experience. Humanity’s ancestors relied on fire for food, safety, and warmth in a world far removed from modern technology. Today, campfires are […]
8 Easy Firewood Log Storage Racks for Your Home
Having the appropriate storage rack for firewood logs is important for adequately preparing for the cold winter season. Failing to have suitable firewood log storage racks can lead to wet logs that are challenging to ignite and an untidy pile that generates disarray. The firewood log storage rack will maintain the logs dry and organized. […]
5 Great Benefits of Installing Recycled Artificial Turf Around Your Home
Recycled artificial turf is a fantastic choice for any outdoor space you might have around your home. Not only does it look and feel like natural grass, but it also offers the same level of durability and longevity as the real thing. Even better still, artificial turf requires no annual maintenance like natural grass does. […]
Top 5 Vegetables to Grow over Winter
The vegetable garden is the pride and joy of every ardent gardener. Just because the weather outside has turned cold and winter is coming, that doesn’t mean you can’t grow veggies in your garden. If you think that winter and gardening don’t mix well, you should think again. There are a number of hardy veggies […]
Nine reasons you need to get rid of your lawn!
I’ve been a ‘no-lawn’ advocate for at least the last 25 years. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, why do so many millions of us get out every weekend and mow our lawns? OK, if you’ve got young children, you’re excused for […]
How everyone, everywhere, can compost – yes, even you!
By Ashley Baxter and Hey Monty! No matter where you live, everyone can and should be composting. Of course, not all of us can be running a large-scale, 50-tonne windrow operation out of our backyard or tiny apartment balcony. But there are alternatives for practically every lifestyle. Here are three different ways to compost your […]
Here’s Why You Should Rip Up that Lawn
How much does the straw in your soda or the plastic cup you’re holding contribute to a problem as colossal as climate change? You want a cleaner, safer world. You care about the environment and you know the decisions you make each day can make a difference. But where does one start? The answer just might be […]
Glowing driveways and paths
Want to have a different-looking driveway or path from the rest of the neighbourhood? It’s possible with glow stones! As you may have guessed, making your driveway glow in the dark is not an inexpensive project. But there are many sources for this kind of material. You can find lots of glowing stones online, that […]