Family Life & Winter in the Mountains

Those that do not live in the mountains often have this picture of what mountain living in the winter looks like. It’s often seen as a mystical beautiful symphony of dancing snowflakes and silence. It’s magical. Snow signals our soul to drink hot…

Are Vegetables that Take a 100+Days to Mature Worth Growing?

Most gardeners want to maximize their yield with the available growing space. This means growing crops that have a high return rate for the time and energy invested. Vegetables have different growing lengths depending on the size, family and variety. There…

The Experimental Vegetable Gardener Series

If I was to confess one thing to you all is that I’m an experimental gardener. Perhaps it’s my slightly stubborn nature or that I studied Environmental Biology in University, but I have a soul of curious nature. Anything that has a…

Reasons to Grow Your Own Food

There are so many benefits to growing your own food that you might not need to hear the reasons. But if you’re a beginner gardener and you need that kick to get on your rubber boots and grow some food then this…

Best Gardening Blogs

I love inspiring gardening blogs! Full of information and beautiful photos, this blog list will be sure to make you want to get your hands in the dirt. This gardening blog list is mostly vegetable and food gardening, not ornamental…

Month-to-Month Gardening To Do Lists

Do you need help staying organized for the gardening season? I LOVE writing lists and creating a gardening to do list guideline for each month of the growing season so I’m happy to share this with you. These lists are for our…

Succession Sowing & Design in a Polytunnel Greenhouse

If you have a polytunnel greenhouse, a low tunnel or a large greenhouse you have the benefit of extending your gardening season. Your crops gain a lot from the microclimate as they’re protected from weather like torrential rain and strong wind. Depending on how cold it gets a…

Creating Gardening Resolutions

The New Year is here! Don’t you love a fresh start? I do. I especially love the planning stages of gardening and selecting seeds for the year. Before I begin though I’ll write a garden summary of the previous season…

The Best Gardening & Homesteading Posts

2014 is winding to a close and I wanted to share with you the top 10 gardening and homesteading articles that made this blog flourish this year. I also wanted to thank every one of you for visiting this site, both the…

What Do Overwintered Greens Look Like During the Winter?

Oh boy it’s been warm for December! Today was 5C/41F and I couldn’t resist a little peak under the tunnels. I say tunnels but because the plants weren’t large to eat from throughout winter, it’s more like heavy weight row cover…

Why You Should Love and Eat Your Weeds ( & Book GIVEAWAY!)

Weeds can be totally awesome. In our backyard there are over 10 types of weeds that we’ve harvested and used. We forage for weeds. We eat weeds. We preserve weeds for the off-season. And you should too. So long as the…

What it’s Really Like to Leave the City for a Small Mountain Town

I’ve been asked this question countless of times since starting this blog (Almost 2 years ago! Thanks everyone!). So today I thought I’d share an honest and real life view of the struggles and the happiness that comes from giving up the city life and…

Little Mountain Haven

A Love of Dirt. Seeds. Veggies.