Gardening, homesteading and natural living recipes, tutorials and how-to's.
Published: Sun, 07/20/25
Updated: Thu, 07/24/25
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, Last night, I took one of “those” showers. The kind you take at the very end of your day. When you’ve been working outside…
Published: Fri, 07/18/25
Updated: Sat, 07/19/25
Folks, I'm almost scared to say this out loud. I’m afraid I might call down some fateful weather god. But it’s beautiful out this morning. The…
Published: Wed, 07/16/25
Updated: Sun, 07/20/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! And what a beautiful Wednesday it is! For now, anyway, we’re supposed to get thundershowers all afternoon. I feel as though…
Published: Mon, 07/14/25
Updated: Sun, 07/20/25
Thanks for writing in! Thank you to everyone who wrote in to answer my question about how their gardening season is going. It's a fair mi, it seems.
Published: Sun, 07/13/25
Updated: Sat, 07/19/25
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, It's a short hello from me this weekend as I'm on the road today. It looks like the humidity is back to stay in my neck of…
Published: Fri, 07/11/25
Updated: Tue, 07/15/25
Happy Friday, everyone! Today is my birthday, 46 years young! And to celebrate, I'm spending the weekend in Buffalo with the adult kids. And bringing…
Published: Wed, 07/09/25
Updated: Tue, 07/15/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! As we head into the dog days of summer, don't forget to keep an eye on your garden Now is the time when many pests show up…
Published: Tue, 07/08/25
Updated: Tue, 07/15/25
And we're back! Thank you to our readers who brought it to our attention that the links weren't working. Our email client was having a technical…
Published: Tue, 07/08/25
Updated: Tue, 07/15/25
My worst garden ever! This may end up being my worst garden ever. But it will only be for one season. I forgot how much work is involved in setting up…
Published: Sun, 07/06/25
Updated: Tue, 07/08/25
Hello there, Rural Sprout readers, I’m writing up the Sunday newsletter on a Saturday evening, sitting in the final golden rays of sunshine streaking…