Seeds – The Healthy Homestead

First Bean Harvest of Summer

on August 23, 2019August 22, 2019 By Kristina Hicks-Hamblin

Growing heirloom snap beans This spring as I planned our garden, I wanted to make sure we planned heavy on produce that would get us through the winter - including lots of winter squash and dry beans. After Chad and I reviewed my plan, we realized that it was VERY bean heavy, so much so [...]

New life in macro

on April 20, 2017August 31, 2019 By Kristina Hicks-Hamblin

If you're a gardener but have never planted from seed before, you really must try it. Every year when I plant seeds there's always some doubt: they might not come up. And yes, sometimes for various reasons some seeds don't come up. But most of them do. Suddenly, on their own schedule, they come up, sprouting [...]