Tag: Gardening

Garlic Harvest 2024
Gardening · Homesteading

Garlic Harvest 2024

Sarah

Today, I am 5 weeks out from my arm injury, and I was feeling down a bit. I have watched my gardens barely treading water. We have kept them alive by watering them, but I can't weed them or do any maintenance work. It is frustrating. Especially when I have had to watch rabbits destroy… Continue reading Garlic Harvest 2024

Tools For The Homestead: Crevice Weeding Brush
Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Tools For The Homestead: Crevice Weeding Brush

Sarah

With my arm healing, I have had far more time to wander online. This has led me to look at many "tools you need!" for your garden articles. This isn't bad because finding the crevice weeding brush was a winner for an ugly problem with no easy solution I could think of. The kit was… Continue reading Tools For The Homestead: Crevice Weeding Brush

Herbalist Training And How It Plays Into Permaculture
Gardening · Herbalism · Homesteading

Herbalist Training And How It Plays Into Permaculture

Sarah

When I first started studying herbalism on my quest to be an herbalist, I never saw how I would be able to connect it to the practice of permaculture. Permaculture wasn't even in my mind then, nor was regenerative growing. I started studying around 2017 to learn more about the herbs I used in my… Continue reading Herbalist Training And How It Plays Into Permaculture

Starting Your Fall Garden In Zone 8b
Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Starting Your Fall Garden In Zone 8b

Sarah

It's second week of July and most people are not thinking about their fall garden. They are focused on what is happening now, and the start of the summer harvest. But now is the time to get your fall crops seeded and going, so you can get them in the ground in the months of… Continue reading Starting Your Fall Garden In Zone 8b

Building A Food Forest With Edible Perennials
Gardening · Homesteading

Building A Food Forest With Edible Perennials

Sarah

One of our long-term goals on our homestead has been building densely planted food forests, where most are perennial. Planting once and eating every year has been my goal for long-term sustainability. While we have carved out garden beds to grow in (because of deer) that are fenced, 2 of the biggest beds grow wild… Continue reading Building A Food Forest With Edible Perennials