Cathy’ Isom gives you a few great tips about how to make easy fermented pickles. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Making your own fermented pickles is easy. All you have to do is harvest your pickles, wash them, and drop them in a saltwater solution, and cover them. After that, nature does its thing and your pickles …
Easy Way to Rid Your Plants of Spider Mites
Cathy Isom has the second part of her series on spider mites by giving you the easiest way to rid your plants of spider mites. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. In the event of a heavy infestation on a small plant, you might be better off discarding the plant altogether. That said, you might be able to …
Keeping Your Plants Safe from Spider Mites
Cathy Isom gives you some important tips about how to keep your plants safe from spider mites. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Spider mites may be small pests, but they’re insidious. Once they infest your houseplants, they can quickly take over within a week. These tiny pests can be challenging to spot with the naked eye. The …
Reasons You Will Want to Start an Herb Garden
Cathy Isom gives you some great uses for herbs and while you’ll want to start an herb garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Some of the reasons to grow your very own herb garden include all of the amazing ways you can use them in your kitchen in your favorite recipes or for medicinal uses. But there …
Easy to Grow Exotic and Flavorful Cabbage
Cathy Isom tells you about the different varieties of an easy to grow exotic and flavorful cabbage. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Chinese cabbage—also called Napa cabbage—offers a sweeter flavor than traditional cabbage varieties. And, this Asian variety is just as easy to grow in a home garden: it’s just more exotic and flavorful. Napa cabbage plants …
Build Compost Without a Compost Bin
Brian German sits in for Cathy Isom today. Brian bring us some valuable information about how to build compost without a compost bin. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Compost bins can be a bit scary or intimidating to some people. Regardless of how much we’ve come to accept that we need to be composting our kitchen scraps, …
Showier Turkey Variety Perfect for the Homestead
Cathy Isom finishes out the week on raising turkeys for meat or profit by giving you a bit of information about an older and showier turkey variety that’s perfect for the homestead. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Narragansett Turkeys are a beautiful meat producer that would make a good pick for a sustainable homesteader. Such a lovely …
Slowly Disappearing Unique Turkey Variety
For this, the fourth of her series on raising turkeys, Cathy Isom tells you about the unique turkey variety that is slowly disappearing. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. White Hollands turkeys are a unique variety that is slowly disappearing and bred insufficiently to maintain the original standard of the variety. This is a large turkey, good for …
Raising Royal Palm Turkeys for Meat or for Show?
Cathy Isom continues her series about raising turkeys for meat or profit. Today Cathy tells you about what you need to know about Royal Palm turkeys. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The Royal Palm Turkey is arguably one of the prettiest birds out there, and for a good reason. Unlike most turkeys, the Royal Palm is primarily …
Perfect Turkey for Small Scale Farming
If you may be considering getting into farming turkeys, Cathy Isom gives some pointers about the perfect turkey for the small scale farmer. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Many people don’t have space or money to keep up with a 30-45 pound turkey until processing time. That’s what makes the Beltsville Small White Turkey perfect for a …