It’s that magical time of year again. You know what I’m talking about…That’s right, it’s the time when all the seed catalogs start showing up in the mail. There are just so many amazing varieties of vegetables to pick for your garden. But you can’t grow them all, no matter how much you may want […]
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It’s a Saturday afternoon and tonight’s meal is wood-fired pizza. You gather some twigs and branches from around your property, add them to your home-made rocket oven, and within 30 minutes you have 8 personal pan pizzas for you and your family to share. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Keep reading to learn how you can […]
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2018 is over and it is time to start planning for what homesteading tasks to do in the new year. But you can’t really do this without understanding what worked—and what didn’t–on your homestead over the last year.
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Homesteading is a lifestyle that requires a great deal of hard work, and in many ways it’s about embracing a return to simpler ways of living. It can be challenging, and it can be sparse. But it also brings immense joys. While there are many things I love about homesteading, there are 3 that stand […]
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The frost has arrived, and your warm-loving garden plants have all passed on. What do you do with all the leftover plant material? What about the raspberry canes you need cut to ensure a great harvest next year? Chop-and-drop can turn this leftover plant material into next year’s abundance.
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Are you looking for gifts for the homesteader in your life? Homesteaders can be hard to buy for since we tend to be a self-resilient bunch. Plus, we tend to be very practical in our wish lists. Top on my wish list? Wood chips… lots of wood chips… But when you are buying someone a gift you also […]
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Late Fall is about the time of year when cabin fever is kicking in. You’re looking out over your land and you want to start planting. How are you going to wait 3 whole months till spring? One way to get pass the time and get your hands dirty is to start preparing land for […]
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Do you love watching the trees turn colors in the fall, but dread the chore of raking up all those leaves and figuring out what to do with them? Well, I have 3 ways that you can turn fall leaves into a resource for your homestead.
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What are perennial, biennial and annual plants? As a gardener and homesteader there is a lot to know when picking out what types of plant to use. Knowing when to use perennial plants, biennial plants or annual plants can save you time, energy and make your garden and homestead even more abundant.
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What if you could plant your vegetable garden one year and not need to replant it for years to come? Perennial vegetables can make this dream-garden a reality. Perennial vegetables only need to be planted once and then come back year after year for you to harvest without any additional planting.
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