Making a Natural Winter Planter with Foraged Evergreens
Using evergreen boughs and wintry garden elements, let’s make a winter planter together. Includes tips for making evergreens last all winter.
Winter
Find seasonal home and garden posts centered on rest, planning, and quiet inspiration in wintertime and during winter holidays. This category focuses on the beauty and stillness of the winter garden and encourages gardeners to stay connected to the garden through simple DIYs and projects, gift giving, garden planning, and cozy rituals.
Winter seasonal living posts to peruse:
How to Roast a Pumpkin and Make Pumpkin Puree
Roast a pumpkin for homemade pumpkin puree to use in all kinds of recipes. It’s easy to make pumpkin puree and stores well in the freezer.
How to Divide Dahlia Tubers to Get More Plants
Learn how to divide dahlia clumps into dahlia tubers to propagate your dahlia plants and have more flowers next year.
Sourdough Bread Stuffing with Tromboncino Squash and Fresh Herbs
A recipe for comforting sourdough bread stuffing soaked with rich broth and mixed with squash and fresh herbs to make this the quintessential holiday side dish.
15 Thoughtful & Unique Gifts for Gardeners (That They’ll Actually Use)
Looking for a unique gift for gardeners that is also practical, too? Here are 15 gifts perfect for plant lovers and gardeners.
10 Favorite Gardening Books for Home Gardeners
Find great gardening books for beginners, gardeners looking for inspiration, or homesteaders wanting to increase their gardening skills and efficiency.
How to Save Zinnia Seeds
Zinnia seeds are abundant in the late summer and fall, and are easy to save for planting in future seasons! As a not-quite-homesteader, I look for ways to reduce buying new things for my garden, and seeds are an easy thing to collect myself.
Ranking My Best and Worst Cut-Flower Arrangements for 2023
In this post I rank my cut-flower arrangements from best to worst in an effort to learn what I did wrong, what I did right, and improve my floral designs for next year.
How to Brew the Best Dried or Fresh Herbal Tea
One of my favorite times in the garden is when I’m harvesting fresh flowers and herbs to make herbal tea.