Category: Homesteading

The Survival Garden
Gardening · Homesteading

The Survival Garden

Sarah

What is the one thing you should be doing right now? That would help with anxiety, boredom and isolation? Getting a gardening area ready for spring. No matter where or how you live. Where there is a will, there is a way. Gardening is in our DNA, no matter where we come from. You may… Continue reading The Survival Garden

Off Season Produce Shopping
Homesteading

Off Season Produce Shopping

Sarah

Access to fresh produce in winter is limited locally (living in the PNW and on an island has a few drawbacks, and this is one of them), and the living on an island the cost of fresh produce is very, very high in off season. For example, it is often that 1 head of standard… Continue reading Off Season Produce Shopping

February On The Homestead
Homesteading

February On The Homestead

Sarah

February was a busy month here. Between getting seeds going, beds turned and a lot more work, this month flew by. Our weather was pretty normal outside of a (very) heavy week of rain. Temperatures were occasionally frosty at night, but mostly in the upper 40's during the day and 30's at night. Unlike in… Continue reading February On The Homestead

A Year of Silage Tarping
Gardening · Homesteading

A Year of Silage Tarping

Sarah

A year ago we started our work on the left lower field, to turn it into an area to grow in. Our growing zone here in Freeland, Washington, on the south end of Whidbey Island is Zone 8a. With a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, we sit firmly in the Olympic Rainshadow. Being on an island in… Continue reading A Year of Silage Tarping

How To Salvage Your Husband’s Diesel Soaked Overalls
Homesteading

How To Salvage Your Husband’s Diesel Soaked Overalls

Sarah

Let's say you have a husband who gets everything on his work overalls. EVERYTHING. Including the day he soaked himself in diesel not once, but twice, when the tractor decided to stop working midday due to a clogged filter, when the tractor was at an angle. He had to siphon it off twice, and the… Continue reading How To Salvage Your Husband’s Diesel Soaked Overalls