Canadian Seed Suppliers

Over the past two weeks I’ve had dozens of messages asking if I can ship [...]

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Harvesting Dandelions: For Eating & Natural Remedies

Wild food provides complex and fresh aromas that you just don’t get with store-bought produce. [...]

Discovering Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Studying & documenting local wild edible plants throughout the changing seasons is a great way [...]

Resilience: Growing Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants

A food forest takes time to create.  It’s a big job, especially when you’ve got [...]

Go Ahead and Eat Your Dandelions (Recipe Included)

There’s a good reason why bees love dandelions. This early spring flower is a nutritional [...]

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The Homestead Scarecrow: History & Tradition

For thousands of years, scarecrows have been part of the global rural landscape. There are [...]

Dried Rose Petals Packaged With Love (Recipes Included)

Roses are a treasured part of our herbal apothecary and we let them grow wild [...]

Plant Magic: Natural Medicine All Around Us

When asked the question: Do you believe in magic Do you believe in magic? I [...]

Homestead Life: New Arbour, Stubbornness & Love For Sticks & Twigs

When I get an idea in my head, I just want to make it happen [...]

Plant Perennial Food For Resilient Gardens

Planting edible perennials increases food system resilience. It is better for our soil and our [...]

Cooking with Lavender | Herbes De Provence & Other Recipes

Cooking with edible flowers is one of those beautiful culinary experiences that has a way [...]

The Healing Garden: Growing Lavender (Lavendula officinalis)

For centuries we have been studying, cultivating and appreciating the aromatic, medicinal and culinary benefits [...]

For the love of lavender: History, Aromatic & Medicinal Benefits (Lavendula officinalis)

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then [...]

Garden Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) Early Perennial Greens

A hot bowl of sorrel (green borscht) soup is a sure sign that spring has [...]

Healthy Homemade Chocolates with a Pinch of Love

This recipe for healthy homemade chocolate is beautifully simple. Once you’ve made a batch, you’ll [...]

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Weeds and What They Tell Us

Oh Dandelion how do I love thee? Lately, I find myself dreaming of springtime. I [...]

How To Make Rose Hip Wine (Recipe & Detailed Directions)

One of my favorite culinary ingredients to work with is the rose, which includes using [...]

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Seed Saving & How to Select The Best Seeds

Seed saving might seem like a fun, frugal and gardening thing to do but its [...]

A Life of Folk Magic and Nourishment

I playfully mock the crows that are making a nuisance of themselves in our field. [...]

Conifer Recipes: Celebrating Yuletide & Winter Solstice

Yule, is when the dark half of the year relinquishes to the light half. Starting [...]

Inspired Gifts for the Wildcrafter

Wildcrafting (also known as foraging) is an age old practice of collecting plant materials in [...]

Homemade Holiday Herbal Bitters (Recipes Included)

Digestive bitters are ancient medicinal herbal extracts, used through the ages to treat digestive ailments [...]

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How To Make Rosehip & Juniper Berry Syrup

It’s that time of year and I’ve got an itchy scratchy throat and sniffles. I [...]

Homemade Flavour Extracts: 8 Easy Recipes!

Homemade extracts are such enjoyable and beneficial concoctions to have in your kitchen. They add [...]

The Delightfully Indulgent Fireweed Jelly Recipe

Recently I wrote about the natural health benefits of fireweed and told you all about [...]

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Treasured Fireweed Herbal Remedies (Chamerion angustifolium / Onagraceae)

A breeze is blowing through the window carrying the sweet fragrance of fireweed with it. [...]

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Garlic Scape Recipes: Harvesting & Preserving Garlic Scapes.

When you plant hardneck garlic they will develop what is called a scape (flower stalk). [...]

Take A tour Of The Walkerland Greenhouse

I thought it was about time I showed you what’s inside the Walkerland greenhouse this [...]

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Using Buckwheat “Green Manure” for Home Gardens!

Cover crops or “green manure” are a valuable part of building & maintaining good soil [...]

The Gardeners Tool Box: Hori-Hori Knife

If you asked me what item every gardener should have I would excitedly exclaim “a [...]

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The Garden Bumble Bee Count – Join Us!

The bees are back! There’s no shortage of pollinators around our homestead. We do what [...]

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Simple Rose Petal Syrup (Recipe)

Capture the flavours of of the season with this easy to make rose petal syrup. [...]

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Six Ornamental Plants & Flowers That You Can Eat!

I’ve been delighted to discover that a lot of ornamental flowers and plants are quite [...]

Empower yourself with homesteading skills (Video)

Spring has finally arrived at Walkerland! I’ve got dirt under my nails, scrapes, bruises and [...]

Growing The Three Sisters

The three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash, have been planted together in traditional Native American [...]

Why You Should Grow Perennial Chives

In early spring when the ground is just thawing, chives are one of the first [...]

Hardneck Garlic: Scapes, Bulbils & Umbels

When you plant hardneck garlic they will develop what is called a scape (flower stalk). [...]

How To Tap Birch Trees for Sap

Did you know that you can tap birch trees for their sap? Birch sap is [...]

Growing Apples From Seeds: What You Should Know

A neighbour called us this morning asking me if I had some soil. Having just [...]

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The Home-grown Herb Cabinet

My favourite of all homesteading things is gathering plants/flowers & herbs for my culinary / [...]

The Heirloom Seed Guide: Get Ready To Grow!

Seeds are quite remarkable aren’t they? Such a tiny speck of life can grow into [...]

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Five Lovely Spring Lilac Recipes

Fresh blossoms, chirping birds and beautiful fragrant lilacs are a sign that spring has finally [...]

18th Century Bear Pit

I recently discovered photos from my trip to England that I had thought lost forever. [...]

Gardening Tips: SEEDING FEAR | Documentary Short

I would like to share this video with you that demonstrates the true nature of [...]

Gardening Tips: Determining and Using Plant Hardiness Zones

Your hardiness zone will help you determine which plants will thrive best in your climate. [...]

Gardening Tips: When To Start Your Seeds

When you purchase all of those exciting varieties of seeds, the next thing you need [...]

10+ Perfect Holiday Gifts That Gardeners Will Love

Gardeners can have strange ideas of what makes the perfect gift. For our anniversary last [...]

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Awesome & Cheap Insect Barrier for Gardens!

Each year our organic vegetable garden endures visits from uninvited winged guests. They can turn [...]

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Growing Garlic For Profit: Getting Started

Garlic is an easy crop to grow. You plant it in the Autumn when the [...]

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Growing Garlic from Umbels/Bulbils

There are three ways to go about growing garlic. Planting cloves is the fastest, easiest [...]

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