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Growing your own food is one of the most basic ways to practice becoming self-sustaining. Learn more about it here.
Have you ever been so excited to get started on something to only have it blow up in your face? You’re looking forward to a trip, and you get sick, so you can’t go. You open a Christmas gift from your husband and it doesn’t work or doesn’t fit quite […]
Especially in northern climates, the winter months can not only mean a dearth of as much outdoor activity as we’d like. Maybe I’m the only one that the cold keeps bottled up, but I’m guessing I’m not alone. This time of year with its cold temperatures and short times of […]
Have you noticed recently that food prices have been getting higher and higher? Sometimes it feels like we are at the mercy and whims of people with much more power than we have. Power to create shortages, to raise prices, to cause inflation. So what can we do about that? […]
I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but we have been having very autumnal temperatures this last week. I know it’s only a couple of weeks to a month (at best) until I’m pulling our tomato and pepper plants out. Have you started planning or planting your fall […]
Spring decided to tease us for a couple of weeks. It sprung and then said, “Fooled ya!!” And then came back and went away again. BUT I think it’s finally back for good and perfect timing! We’re taking our suburban ‘homestead’ to the next level! So we decided to take […]
When I talk about gardening, most people’s minds immediately head to something like the picture above. A large garden where you get down and dirty……in the dirt of course and plant your foods at least once a year, if not two or three times a year. Yes, that is gardening. […]
