Sitemap - 2023 - Brunette Gardens

A trip to Grand Army Farm

Merry Christmas from our city farmhouse

To keep instead of discard

Podcast No. 41: The year of dying

The year of dying

Podcast No. 40: Putting the garden to bed for the winter - at the end of a hard year

Putting the garden to bed for the winter - at the end of a hard year

Giving thanks for our native-plant people

Sara Hardin: Stained glass for your garden

I won the 'Broken Trowel' Award

Fermented green tomatoes with garlic and basil

Chain Links No. 4: Gardening and garden-based eating this autumn

Brunette Gardens at Halloween

Three natives to plant (or encourage) this fall for spring blooms

Sourdough 101: How to catch and keep wild yeast

Podcast No. 39: The why of sourdough

The why of sourdough

Podcast No. 38: Sourdough woe

Sourdough woe

Podcast No. 37: How to homestead when you don't have a homestead

How to homestead when you don't have a homestead

Is our food harvest enough?

Chain Links No. 3: Gardening and garden-based eating links for late summer

Who won Goat-Milk Stuff? And what's this about stained glass?

Video tour: Brunette Gardens

Remembering 9/11 is good for your mental health

Where Wilder wrote the 'little house' books

Ozarks Homesteading Expo

Podcast No. 36: Going home again, pt. 4: Please fence me in

Going home again, pt. 4: Please fence me in

A year on Substack

Chain Links No. 2: Gardening and garden-based eating at empire's end

Dodcast #46

PJ Jonas: The 'Goat Milk Stuff' story

Summer giveaway: Goat-milk farm products

Elderberry

A 'COVID cabana' turned cozy cabana

Welcome to 'Frause House'

Our latest winner lives at 'Frause House'

Podcast No. 35: The problem with herbal and dietary supplements

The problem with herbal and dietary supplements

Chain Links: Gardening and garden-based eating stories to crock your whirled

Prince Chaco

Weed pairing: Homemade toothpaste and herbal gum wash

Podcast No. 34: Going home again, pt. 3: A really big fence

Going home again, pt. 3: A really big fence

Kale chips and the brake bleeder

Garden-based eating at summer's peak

Garden gear: Our top 5 for Prime Day

Sand cherry - or Hansen's bush cherry - jam

Elderflower oxymel and gooseberry-elderflower jam

Sugar-free, pectin-free jam and 'oxymel'

A new (AI-free) logo, a bonus book, and more!

Podcast No. 33: Losing the lucky frog

Losing the lucky frog

Gardening projects and suburb farms

Podcast No. 32: When you're farming, intention is everything, part 2 of 2

When you're farming, intention is everything, part 2 of 2

Standing tall in the summer garden

Podcast No. 31: The 'gatekeeper of Maffit' is a unicorn, part 1 of 2

The 'gatekeeper of Maffit' is a unicorn, part 1 of 2

Reminder: Tomorrow's live chat from the Sustainable Backyard Tour

Podcast No. 30: Going home again, pt. 2: A feature, or some bugs

Going home again, pt. 2: A feature, or some bugs

Event and Live Chat: Sustainable Backyard Tour

Porch ponds and possibilities on the Native Plant Garden Tour

(Sub)urban foraging

Spring giveaway: Gardening books (and more) for your little sprouts

Podcast No. 29: Going home again, pt. 1: We find the 'farmhouse'

Going home again, pt. 1: We find the 'farmhouse'

Our chickens are an ancient breed

Podcast No. 28: A peculiar potato problem

A peculiar potato problem

The peep show

Lisa guests on a podcast, plus the logo and name question

Writing Awards & Nominations

When jam's your jam, but recipes fail you

Poll: The 'chickshaw' brooder

Publications

Podcast No. 27: The 'empty nesters' fill their nest

The 'empty nesters' fill their nest

Chick zoomies

Podcast No. 26: Squash tunnel vision

Chat: How does your spring garden grow?

Squash tunnel vision

Did our greenhouse make it?

Podcast No. 25: Cancel-culture chemistry

Cancel-culture chemistry

Podcast No. 24: Mountain mint and hyssop 'licorice'

Notes for the notables

Mountain mint and hyssop 'licorice'

Podcast No. 23: Petal power

Petal power

Podcast No. 22: Grow up!

Grow up!

Podcast No. 21: Spring into the 2023 garden

Spring into the 2023 garden

In-person event: Partners for Native Landscaping

Podcast No. 20: What really does a body good

What really does a body good

A half-year milestone

(More!) Chaco

And our winter giveaway winner is...

Chewing the fat... about fat

Doin' the congee conga

Kate Downham: How I started homesteading without any land

Podcast No. 19: Winter giveaway: Kate Downham's 'A Year in an Off-Grid Kitchen'

Our apologies...

The magic of the sourdough 'pre-ferment'

Winter giveaway: Kate Downham's 'A Year in an Off-Grid Kitchen'

Podcast No. 18: Have the courage of your convictions

Have the courage of your convictions

Some for the birds, and some for us

The longest growing season

The winner's circle

The future of travel is small towns

Charleston travelogue

Podcast No. 17: Atlas shrugged off

Atlas shrugged off

Podcast No. 16: The cost of travel in the slowpocalypse

The cost of travel in the slowpocalypse

Podcast No. 15: Driving the point home

Driving the point home