Tag: backyard chickens

Growing and Preparing Asian Vegetables
Gardener, home cook, and author Wendy Kiang-Spray will show participants the tastiest and most interesting vegetables that we can grow or purchase and explain how to use them in our kitchens.

How to Speak Chicken with Tilly’s Nest
Best-selling author Melissa Caughey will offer firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Caughey answers unexpected questions such as Do chickens have names for each other? How do their eyes work? And How do chickens learn?

Chicks on the Loose
Learn how to choose, care for, and enjoy chickens and ducks when you visit Homestead Gardens for our Chicks on the Loose event! Our classes are completely free!

The Peach Brothers at Homestead Gardens
The Peach Brothers are bringing you fresh peaches! We will be pre-order only, so place your order now at tour.thepeachbrothers.com. We offer 25-pound boxes of fresh peaches and 10-ounce bags […]

Grow with Katie: Herb Gardening with Stephanie Rose
Love herbs? So do we! They grow well in containers or you can grow them in the ground! But if you want them to come back year after year, you’ll […]

Grow with Katie: Outdoor Entertaining with Brooke Mihoces
Are you finally ready for summer outdoor entertaining? Up your mixed drink game in this hands-on class with Katie and Brooke Mihoces, founder and owner of Vintage Views, a mobile […]

Grow with Katie: Making a Resilient Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden
It’s the last chat in May, Garden for Wildlife Month! And today we have designer Kelly Norris to celebrate! We are going to talk about the New Naturalism: Making a […]

Grow with Katie: Gardening for Wildlife
May is Garden for Wildlife Month! And today we have David Mizejewski of the Natl Wildlife Fed to celebrate! We are going to talk about Saving Pollinators One Garden at […]

Grow with Katie: Maximizing Your Grow Space
Today we are talking to a local Maryland boy, Gary Pilarchik from The Rusted Garden about maximizing your growing space and his new book The Modern Homestead Garden. He will […]

Grow with Katie: Native Habitat Center
Today we have Homestead’s own Heather Wheatley to celebrate Garden Wildlife Month! We are talking about native plants that attract wildlife and are used by wildlife. Heather is a plant […]

Grow with Katie: Houseplant Heroes
Today we continue our monthly series houseplant heroes wherein the last Monday of the month we pick the brain of our favorite indoor plant experts. Today we welcome certified pro […]

Grow with Katie: Chickens Part 2
Today we are talking to another backyard chicken keeper and host of the TV show Coop Dreams, Brad Hauter. Brad’s reality show is all about the family transitioning from the […]

Grow with Katie: Deer Resistance in the Garden
Today we’re talking about the #1 asked question in gardening, are there any plants deer won’t eat? And we have two lovely people as our guests, Ruth Clausen and Gregg […]

Grow with Katie: The Chickens are Here!
Join The Garden Media Group and Katie Dubow to learn from Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily to talk everything chickens. With an audience of nearly a million followers on […]