Chelsea Green Blog
Farming & Homesteading
10 Books to Gift the Homesteader in Your Life
Searching for the perfect book to give the homesteader in your life? We’ve got your go-to books for anyone interested in organic growing, permaculture, soil health, year-round growing & more! What’s their next great read?
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How to Extend the Growing Season
Winter is coming… but that doesn’t mean you should put away those tools just yet. Extend the growing season well past the first frost!
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It All Starts with Soil: Healthy Soil Means Healthy Plants
The following excerpt is from Grow a New Garden: Plan, design and transform any outdoor space by Becky Searle. It has been adapted for the web. If you’re not a gardener yet, and you have never unashamedly added horse manure to your Christmas list, you might be tempted to skip this chapter. But even if…
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How to Protect Plants from Winter Elements
Living in a colder climate doesn’t mean you need to give up on more fragile plants. By preparing plants for the winter, you’ll set them up to survive and thrive.
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Leeks: The Ultimate Winter Crop
Grow leeks all year round with tips from gardening expert Eliot Coleman. Get ready for a bountiful harvest and grow leeks all year round!!
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Why Rabbit is the New Chicken
Not convinced that a pasture-based rabbit production could amount to a sustainable business enterprise for the beginner to market-scale farmer?
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How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Poultry Flock
Confused by all the poultry breed options? We’ve got you covered! Discover how to pick the perfect breed for your flock.
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How to Distinguish Permaculture from Natural Farming
Permaculture vs Natural Farming: What’s the Difference? How are they connected, and where do they diverge in philosophy and principle?
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The Best Types of Apples for Cider in North America
CIDER LOVERS ALERT! 🍎 Did you know the type of apple used can make or break the flavor? Which apple variety do you think makes the best cider?
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How to Make Mulch With Fallen Leaves
The leaves are falling, which means it’s time start figuring out what to do with them. This year, try turning your fallen leaves into mulch for your garden!
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A Guide to Curing Vegetables for Storage
Proper storage is crucial to ensuring that your produce stays fresh & retains nutritional value. Use these tips to prepare your harvest for long-term storage.
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Garlic Growing 101: From Seed to Harvest
All hail the mighty garlic clove! Become a master at garlic growing with these simple tips for growing no-till garlic from seed to harvest.
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All In The Sting: Health Benefits of Honey Bee Venom
Tired of trying different traditional medicines to relieve inflammation and joint pain? We have the perfect solution: honey bee venom.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Goat Handling
Goat handling can be a tricky task, as they can scare easily & high levels of stress are not good for their health. Follow these tips for easily handling goats!
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Mushroom Composting and Recycling Projects
Cultivating mushrooms on various substrates has many benefits — from composting, mycoremediation, and creating value-added consumer goods. It helps reduces waste and helps the environment!
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How to Use Lambsquarter from Root to Plant to Seed
Before yanking out the next patch of lambsquarter you find in your yard or garden, consider trying one of the many edible and medicinal uses of this “super weed.”
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The Importance of Planting Cover Crops
Planting cover crops is a key step in transforming dirt into soil! The benefit list is long but they need to be selected with a purpose.
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Turn Fallen Leaves into Gardener’s Gold
Mulch is essential to soil health. It acts as a barrier against water loss and heat, reduces weeds and improves soil structure. Its an easy way to boost your soil’s health!
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Food Forests: What is a Community Food Forest?
With more than 80 percent of the US population now residing in urban areas food forests help provide a local food source. And they also serve as perfect platforms for community-building.
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Weeding: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Weeds are the bane of every farmer and gardener’s existence. Before you go crusading against the weeds in your garden follow these tips and tricks!
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Capturing the Crunch: How to Harvest and Store Cucumbers
With these easy tips and tricks, you’ll be prepared to successfully harvest and store the cucumbers until they’re ready to eat.
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Beyond the Root Cellar: Storage Room Conditions
Success in long-term storage comes down to nailing the storage conditions, of which temperature and humidity are the most important. There’s also that critical period just after crops go into storage
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Growing Food in the Face of a Hotter, Drier Land
Climatic uncertainty has become the new normal. Farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to be more resilient in the face of such “global weirding.”
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Naturally Feeding Your Flock: Feed Poultry With Fresh Greens
Feeding your flock naturally wild wild greens comes with many benefits, from boosting poultry health to saving you money on feed bills.
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Don’t Bawk: The Wild and Wonderful Chicken Tractor
Aside from the sheer pleasure of telling your friends, straight-faced, that you maintain your garden using something called a “chicken tractor,” there are a slew of other benefits to working the land with a few of your animal friends. Getting rid of pests without chemicals, for one; letting them do the work of weeding and…
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