Perfect… Healthy… Well Balanced... Soil... ...the kind of soil that encourages disease-free veggie plant growth and produces amazingly high harvest yields. Every Gardener’s Dream! Well, this gardener’s dream anyway… The reality is that most of us won’t find the perfect soil patiently waiting for them in the vegetable garden. I, for one, have yet to turn over a patch of dirt and find perfect soil waiting for me to plant in. Maybe ...Continue Reading
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154. The #1 Thing That Will Improve Your Garden
No matter what type of shape your garden is in or what type of soil you have, there is one thing that is guaranteed to help: compost. Sometimes referred to as black gold, compost can remedy nearly any issue in your garden. In this podcast episode, I detail some of the best options for creating your own compost. This includes the four elements needed for compost, hot and cold composting, and what constitutes ...Continue Reading
The Crazy Hail Protection We Built for Our Garden
I finally had enough. The shredded vegetables. The waves of anxiety every time I'd see a storm cloud on the horizon. The months of work gone in a second. I just couldn't do it anymore. So we built a circus tent over the garden. A logical response, obviously. Ok, so maybe it's not actually a circus tent, but it definitely resembles one from the road. (And it's definitely caused more than one neighbor to do a double-take ...Continue Reading
How to Grow Your Best Onion Crop Ever
There are a handful of "pantry crops" I grow every year, without fail... And onions are one of the most important. Considering I use an onion in almost every meal I cook, they are non-negotiable in my homestead kitchen. While I haven't yet been able to grow enough onions to last me through the entire year, I grow as many as I can in our raised bed garden and squirrel them away in the darkest corners of the basement to become the ...Continue Reading
Save Time by Using Chicken Power on Your Homestead
I'm generally pretty Type-A when it comes to homesteading stuff. But this year, my obsession seems to have reached an all-time high... We're planning on adding a greenhouse; we're adding a better-quality milking room for the dairy cows (reveal coming soon!); and we're building multiple chicken tractors around the farm for the chickens. NEVER before have I felt more called to grow more food and help others to do the same. A ...Continue Reading