This charming mum and pumpkin planter only takes five minutes to make. It's the perfect DIY craft to dress up your home this ...

Spring flowers are always a breath of fresh air after a winter of dark, dreary colors. There’s nothing more delightful than ...

Elizabeth Waddington is a writer, permaculture designer and green living consultant. She is a practical, hands-on gardener, with a background in philosophy: (an MA in English-Philosophy from St ...

As the leaves change color and fall from the trees, most of us are busy closing up our gardens for the season. But don’t put your garden tools away just yet. There’s a common spring gardening chore ...

Fall is here – it’s time to prep the garden for a winter rest. As the gardening season comes to an end, we’re faced with the task of clearing up before winter arrives. While the general rule for ...

Hey there, my name is Tracey. I’m the editor-in-chief here at Rural Sprout. Many of our readers already know me from our popular Sunday newsletters. (You are signed up for our newsletters, right?) ...

Gourds are a staple when it comes to decorating for autumn. Along with pumpkins, chrysanthemums, and bejeweled ears of Indian corn, gourds are a sure sign of fall. But did you know you can easily dry ...

Meredith Skyer is a writer, artist, and homesteader residing in Western New York with her husband and menagerie of farm critters. She has spent the last 12 years learning and implementing a myriad of ...

If this is your first year feeding hummingbirds, first of all, welcome to the club. They’re pretty great, right? But as summer turns to autumn, you’ve likely begun to notice fewer visitors to your ...

I like to think of myself as a writer who gardens and a gardener who writes. I was hooked into this lifestyle more than a decade ago, when I decided that my new husband’s tomato patch had to be ...

Urine is an excellent natural fertilizer and among the very oldest ways to create fertile soil. After all, pee plays quite a crucial role in the earth’s nitrogen cycle. Mammals (including us), birds, ...