Just a few weeks ago, I made mention of our mission to increase our food production this year. While I’ve already covered several topics regarding food production, chicken power is one we’ve never really utilized. While this might be a foreign concept to some, it’s truly incredible how useful (and even entertaining) chickens can be on the homestead. From disposing of food waste to pecking compost and even tilling ...Continue Reading
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Fast Growing Vegetables to Grow for an Early Harvest
This list of fast growing vegetables will help you get harvestable produce from your garden in just a few weeks. I include additional tips for having a successful quick growing garden and some of the best varieties of vegetables to grow. Restless. That's how I would describe myself every single spring when I know it's *almost* time to start digging in the soil. However, the restlessness is even higher than normal this year due ...Continue Reading
How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
Flour and water. That's all you need to make your own yeast in the form of a homemade sourdough starter. With just a little bit of patience and this simple recipe, you'll have a starter that will decrease your dependence on the grocery store and help you make the most amazing sourdough breads, pancakes, crackers, brownies, and more. Sourdough captured my imagination way back at the beginning of my homestead journey. I actually ...Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Canning Safety
This Ultimate Guide to Canning Safety covers important issues for everyone who is home-canning. Learn necessary tips about botulism concerns, which foods can safely be canned, which foods should NOT be canned, dangerous canning methods that should be avoided at all costs, and more. Yep. I'm going there. I know it'll make some people mad. But we need to have a chat about this, my friend. CANNING SAFETY. I keep running ...Continue Reading
Vegetables that Grow in the Shade
You can have a successful and plentiful garden even if you have a lot of shade. In this post, I'm sharing my best tips about vegetables that grow in the shade. I'll cover advice on figuring out your garden's sunlight conditions, edible plants that can grow in part-shade or full-shade, the advantages to shade gardens, and what you need to look out for in order to have a happy and healthy vegetable shade garden. As many of you know, ...Continue Reading