At some point in everyone’s gardening journey, there comes a day when you start to run out of room, or you want to extend your garden season. You look at your options, and inevitably you start seeing beautiful greenhouses, built in beautiful backyards, with beautiful plants filling it up. Then you see the not-so-beautiful price […]
While you won’t be eating sun-ripened tomatoes for a few months, there are plenty of seeds to sow right now! Taking advantage of these cold-hardy plants will help you extend your growing season, and get you eating fresh garden food way before tomato time. Where should you start your seeds? Growing Zones There are a […]
If you’re in the midwest like me, you’re probably getting ready to start some seeds inside soon! If you’re just starting out (or even if you’re not), here is my list of the best places to get seeds for your garden. It might only be February, but garden planning is in full swing in my […]
This past year we came so far in our homestead. We almost tripled the size of our garden, we got bees, and we got three Silver Fox rabbits. I worked on canning, freezing, and preserving our harvest, and improved my baking and cooking skills. I’m proud of how far we’ve come, but my husband and […]
Here we are! It’s Christmas time already, and trust me, I’m more surprised than any of you because that means baby #2 is coming in a little over a month! In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, I wanted to create a gift guide to share some of the best gifts for […]
You’ve made the decision. You’ve caught the self-reliance bug, and you want to have your own homestead. But, your HOA won’t allow chickens. What can you do? Here are three things you CAN do while homesteading without chickens. Homesteading Without Chickens – It’s Possible! Nothing screams homesteading like farm fresh eggs right out your back […]
Today’s post is as much for me as it is for you. This is a garden recap: a record of all the successes, failures, and in-betweens of the 2022 garden season. The biggest change we made was starting a Back to Eden style area around our raised beds. Growing with woodchips has some huge pros, […]
Gardening changed my life. And it can change yours too. I’m not being cheesy or overly dramatic. Growing things has truly, 100%, fundamentally changed how I live my life and the perspective I have on the world. It’s impact has been so great that I feel not only compelled, but obligated to tell you about […]
Last week, I went to the grocery store for my weekly stock up on food. But when I showed up, I was shocked… Every single shelf was barren. Picked over. No berries, no bananas, no cabbage. No bread, no eggs, and no meat. Was this is it? Had the supply chain shortages really gotten that […]