Have you seen mushrooms popping up around your homestead after the rain? Often ignored or treated as a pest, these mushrooms are actually quite beneficial to your homestead. Keep reading to learn 3 benefits of fungi for your homestead.
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Summer is mid-way through, and while your garden is probably in full production now, it’s not long until fall comes and your vegetables start dying back. Before fall comes, you should start thinking about yet another harvest you can get from your garden. Now is the time to start saving vegetable seeds from your best […]
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As a wild homesteader, you’re often trying to mimic a natural forest in your designs by creating food forests, applying mulch, and more. But what happens when you lose a forest? The sudden removal of a forest provides a stark lesson in the importance of forests. Keep reading to learn what happened to my homestead […]
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It’s midway through July in 2019, and my new kitchen garden is growing beautifully. We’ve been enjoying wholesome, garden-fresh meals, and also indulging in the crunch of fresh vegetables straight off the vine. But it’s not all abundant harvests and beautiful flowers. Even when you’re an experienced gardener, starting a new garden can teach you […]
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Woody debris is often considered a waste product. People tend to think of it like the outdoor equivalent of clutter—something that needs to be cleaned up and gotten rid of, or even burnt in large piles. But woody debris is an incredible asset to your homestead, and there are many ways to use it besides […]
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Willows are a beautiful and versatile tree that serves a broad range of functions for both people and wildlife. Many of us are familiar with willows in their natural environment, but do you know how to use them on your homestead? There are a number of excellent uses for willows, and having a willow patch […]
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Do you ever go out foraging for wild foods, like berries or mushrooms? Did you know there are actually a lot of native wild vegetables that you can grow in your own backyard, or even in your garden? Keep reading to find out how you can grow these amazing, low-maintenance wild foods.
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What is coppicing? And what’s the difference between coppicing and pollarding? Coppicing and pollarding are both very useful methods to sustainably harvest wood for use on your homestead. These methods allow you to harvest your trees in a way that lets them regrow without you having to replant. Sound good? Keep reading to learn how […]
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Food forests are designed to mimic the structure of a natural forest to grow food very efficiently. That structure is composed of a set of layers, each with its own unique role in the forest system. Food forest layers allow you to fully utilize all potential growing space in a similar way that a natural […]
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A food forest is a permaculture feature that imitates the structure of a forest to make the most of space, soils and sunlight in order to grow food very efficiently. In permaculture circles, it’s one of those terms that gets thrown around a fair bit, but not everyone means the same thing when they use […]
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