I'm really good at messing things up. Lest you think the Prairie Homestead girl has it all together and things always run smoothly, let me be the first to assure you, they most certainly do not. I've had more than my share of flops over the last six years of homesteading, including horrendously awful dehydrated eggs, a hugelkultur bed that refused to grow anything the first year (not even weeds), goats that annihilated my very ...Continue Reading
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6 Tips for Successful Desert Gardening
Today I'm welcoming Melissa from Ever Growing Farm to the Prairie Homestead. We share the challenge of gardening in less-than-ideal climates, and I love her ideas for gardening in the desert. Take it away Melissa! Growing food in the high desert can be an incredible challenge, but I am living proof that you can be successful at it! If you follow a few simple methods to help combat the hot, dry, and windy conditions that are the norm ...Continue Reading
Ways to Heat Your Greenhouse in the Winter
Here in Wyoming, winters can be brutally cold and crazy windy, so choosing the right greenhouse was pretty important. When we started our search, we discovered that there are so many options, and it was easy to feel overwhelmed. Even though we have cold, snowy, windy Wyoming winters, we still chose to go with an unheated greenhouse. It wasn’t an easy decision, and all the choices did overwhelm us at first. In the end, we found The ...Continue Reading
Top Tips For Storing Vegetables Without a Root Cellar
You're pulling in your garden harvest...it's covering every surface of your home...and now you're left with the familiar problem of “what are you supposed to do with all of this fresh produce?” Most of us have not been blessed with a traditional root cellar in our home. If you happen to be someone with a root cellar, I would just like to say that I am exceedingly jealous. Fortunately, for the rest of us without a root cellar, I've ...Continue Reading
How Our Homestead Family is Preparing for a Lockdown
It looks like more shutdowns are coming, so we are getting prepared. Even if you are super isolated like we are here in Wyoming, grocery stores get out of stock, shipping times get delayed, and we were caught a bit off-guard this spring for the first lockdown, and I'm not going to let that happen again. So I'm going to show you exactly what we've been doing slowly and methodically over the summer and fall to get prepared. Honestly, ...Continue Reading