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The Unbound Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here, you’ll find recipes for botanical skincare, herbal remedies, and home apothecary tips,as well as our older homesteading content for chicken keeping, and gardening tips. We hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
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5 Organic Soil Amendments for the Medicinal Garden
Spring is in the air, and while it’s still too early for many of us to plant, it is the perfect time to consider soil amendments to help...
Mar 25, 20253 min read
8 Tips For Planting For a Fall Harvest
Summer feels like the busy season in the garden. Tomatoes, squash, and other summer-loving plants are in overdrive, and sometimes,...
Jul 23, 20245 min read
What I’ve Learned after 3 Years of Growing Our Own Food
Since our move back to Colorado in 2019, I've been cultivating a garden. However, only when we settled on our homestead in 2021 did I...
Jul 9, 20245 min read
Natural Pest Control in the Garden
It only takes garden pests a few days to decimate a garden completely and few things are more disheartening to a gardener. The reality is...
Jun 5, 20246 min read
DIY Wall o' Water to Protect Your Tomato Seedlings
If you’ve been following us, you know that our Colorado homestead is in USDA planting Zone 5B, which has a short growing season. This...
May 15, 20242 min read
Tips for Planting a Medicine Garden
When I first started exploring medicinal herbs, I began by foraging them around our property. It didn’t take long before I realized that...
Apr 2, 20249 min read
The Best Plants to Start Indoors
If you’re new to gardening, starting seeds indoors can quickly put your gardening skills to the test. That being said, there are quite a...
Mar 12, 20245 min read
7 Ways to Reduce Transplant Shock
Whether you’ve started plants from seed or purchased starts from a local nursery, they’re eventually going to need to move from the pot...
May 8, 20234 min read
Planting No Dig Potatoes
Growing potatoes probably qualifies as one of the vegetable gardener’s favorite pursuits. Because they are so easy to grow, you’ll find...
May 1, 20234 min read
Companion Planting 101
Companion planting is a phrase frequently used in gardening circles. You’re likely already familiar with the concept but not the...
Apr 18, 20236 min read
The Pros and Cons of 20 Different Gardening Methods
The wide world of gardening has so many things to learn and know. For instance, did you know that there are 20 different gardening...
Mar 13, 202310 min read
How to Start Plants From Seed
It may not actually be Spring, but for the gardener, it’s so close we can taste it (and our coming produce) already. That means it’s time...
Mar 1, 20238 min read
Advice for Beginning Gardeners
Becoming a successful gardener is a skill that comes with a lot of practice and a healthy dose of trial and error. If you’re new to...
Feb 2, 20236 min read
How to Harvest & Store Mint Plus 4 Ways to Use it
If you’ve ever planted mint, then you know that it is one abundant and determined little plant. Going into our new garden this year, I...
Jul 14, 20223 min read
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