Rural Sprout

Gardening, homesteading and natural living recipes, tutorials and how-to's.

🫙Make your own pectin - 🍅Easy Tomato Juice - Fermented Garlic 🧄

Published: Wed, 08/28/24

Updated: Mon, 09/02/24

It's time to put your bounty to good use It’s What’s Up Wednesday, my friends! And despite my gushing about fall this past Sunday, summer is making a…

🚗🍂 Is it really? It can't be.

Published: Sun, 08/25/24

Updated: Fri, 08/30/24

Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, I’ve been noticing a change in my neck of the woods and it makes me wonder if fall isn’t here early. There are just too…

😫🍅⚰️The emojis say it all.

Published: Wed, 08/14/24

Updated: Mon, 08/19/24

I'm so frustrated I could cry It's What's Up Wednesday, and I'm ready to cry. Ugh. I’m so upset, readers. My tomatoes have early blight. So that’s…

🔨Build a trellis - microwave compost - stop deadheading🥀

Published: Sun, 08/11/24

Updated: Fri, 08/16/24

It’s that time of year, Rural Sprout readers, The rush of the planting season is over, our gardens are growing along nicely, we’re preserving what we…

🌹Agh! This is so cool, you've got to try it!

Published: Wed, 08/07/24

Updated: Mon, 08/12/24

I started this little project a couple of Okay, okay, okay... I know you've already heard from me today. But it's raining out and I got wrapped up in…

🆓 It's everywhere this time of year!

Published: Wed, 08/07/24

Updated: Mon, 08/12/24

It's What's Up Wednesday, my friends. It’s about that time in the summer when you begin to see groups of vegetables at the end of someone’s driveway…

Layering lavender - grow💲on trees - 🔥 cider

Published: Sun, 08/04/24

Updated: Fri, 08/09/24

Greetings, Rural Sprout readers, We had a lovely visit with family towards the end of the week. Then, half of our visiting party went home, and the…

🍂Veggies to plant in August - Late Summer Hydrangeas

Published: Fri, 08/02/24

Updated: Wed, 08/07/24

We're heading into the final stretch of the growing season Can you believe it's August already? This summer has flown by! But you've still got…

🧅🥬Fall lettuce - Pest-free kale - Early onions

Published: Wed, 07/31/24

Updated: Mon, 08/05/24

It's time to plan your fall garden! It's What's Up Wednesday, friends! It’s there. Looming in the distance. E cept it’s not so distant anymore. Fall…

Grow HUGE 🍉 - How to Prune Cukes - Powdered 🍅

Published: Sun, 07/28/24

Updated: Wed, 07/31/24

Hello, Rural Sprout readers, I wish you were here, my friend. It’s Saturday night and I’ve just returned home from a baseball game (Go Spikes! 12-3).

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