Amish farms invest time in creating rich compost piles from organic waste. Composting recycles nutrients and improves soil structure. It also reduces waste while creating natural fertilizer. Over time ...

We are into the first week of May. The grass is growing fast with all the rain April brought us. We need to buy a new mower. Ours last year was getting repaired constantly. I couldn’t believe what new ...

"The children helped me water the hanging flowers on the porch. We discovered a bird nest with three eggs in it. In another ...

AN ex-Amish woman has revealed some of the natural methods she learned while in the lifestyle. Even though she ran away from the strict religious community at 17, she shared many fertilization tricks ...

Amish gardener Lapp offers an intimate journal of a year of gardening, cooking, family life, and friendships in the small, rural valley in Pennsylvania where she lives. She begins in January, with the ...

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Her chatty and engaging garden almanac, "An Amish Garden," is a month-by-month stroll around a saner, more grounded world. Radishes and raccoons can be problematic, but the garden's pleasing symmetry ...

Byler's daughter, Laura Anne Lapp, of Cumberland County, is a first-time author. Her chatty and engaging garden almanac, "An Amish Garden," is a month-by-month stroll around a saner, more grounded ...