Pumpkin butter is filled with the warming spices of the holidays. But this recipe elevates the humble spread into pure ...

For a show-stopping, scene-stealing spring bulb that no one else in your neighborhood is growing, you're going to want to ...

If you’re a longtime reader of Rural Sprout, you know my love of Christmas cactuses and talking about how to get them to bloom. If you’re not a longtime reader, you’re probably here out of frustration ...

Will you be planting tulips this fall? Here are five things you must know before you put a single bulb in the ground.

As winter ends, rhubarb is one of the first garden plants to greet us in the spring. This hardy perennial produces tangy stems that are perfect in pies and cobblers and so much more. A single rhubarb ...

If you have never heard the term Hügelkultur before, then you may be rather confused about the subject of this article. But those in the know understand that this is a key approach in organic ...

There comes a point every winter when I’m just done. I’m done with putting on seven layers and fifteen pounds worth of clothing just to stay warm. I’m done with all the heavy, sleep-inducing food. And ...

Get ready – you’ll be seeing yellow by the end of this post. Let’s put that ground cherry harvest to good use. Did you grow ground cherries (sometimes referred to as cape gooseberries or husk cherries ...

Excuse me! Yeah, you, standing next to the tomatoes. Please, put down the hose and step away from the plant. (At least for now, anyway. You might do more harm than good.) Grabbing the hose or the ...

You’ve just left the busy-ness of the city, to move out to the countryside, where everyday life moves a lot slower. The excitement of less stress, fewer distractions and more time for yourself is ...

Shade loving plants are adapted to very little sunlight because of their place in the forest understory. Since the canopies of larger trees and shrubs block as much as 95% of the sunlight that reaches ...

There are few fall pleasures as profound as biting into a homegrown apple. However, apple trees cause far more than their fair share of stress for any home growers. This classic fruit grows from ...