Landscape Gardening: Real Permaculture
Can one woman really garden on about two acres using hand tools in just a couple hours per week? Absolutely! … Continue reading Landscape Gardening: Real Permaculture
Category: Basic Skills
Modern Homestead Living: A New Future Not a Romanticized Past
Matt and I recently watched an aptly-titled documentary called Can’t Get You Out of My Head. It focuses on how … Continue reading Modern Homestead Living: A New Future Not a Romanticized Past
Simplestead Guide to Pruning Plants
Each morning I walk our dogs through the semi-wild parts of our wooded property. There I encounter various trees, shrubs, … Continue reading Simplestead Guide to Pruning Plants
Harvest and Succession Plant Your Homestead Potager
The garden explosion happened. Those tiny, seedlings I showed pictures of in the last post Plant Your Homestead Potager suddenly … Continue reading Harvest and Succession Plant Your Homestead Potager
Homestead Potager Garden Bed Design
The first gardens were forest gardens. Actually they were more like cultivated forests than gardens. The plants that humans found … Continue reading Homestead Potager Garden Bed Design
Recognizing Resources
The world is a mess. The climate is beyond repair and all we can do now is wait for disaster … Continue reading Recognizing Resources
The Importance of Observation
How did we figure things out before the internet? Did we learn at school? In the US, children weren’t required … Continue reading The Importance of Observation
Seed Starting
Seeds may look like tiny, innocuous things. But they have the power to explode into life with the least bit … Continue reading Seed Starting
Simple Homesteading Starts Now
Start living your homesteading dreams today. Simple steps and a strong commitment make it easy. Continue reading Simple Homesteading Starts Now
