About five weeks ago I threw in the towel on the garden. It was nearing a hundred every day and the rain completely stopped, as it does almost every summer, and somehow, painlessly, easily I just let go. That’s never happened before, me surrendering to the hot and the dry with a simple shrug of…
To everything there is a season and this is about the most beautiful time of year around these parts. Baby lettuce and beet thinnings come together to form the first salad of the spring. The kitchen garden got an extension this year because there is no such thing as too much growing space. The potatoes…
Our days of raising little ones, homesteading, and juggling various jobs are always full and seemingly ever-changing. We are contemplating our options for the coming year and wanted to get your input. Would you mind clicking through this link and answering one simple question for us? As always, we are very grateful for your readership,…
This video shows a sample of the types of projects you will find in The Doable Off-Grid Homestead. Moving water around is such a critical task on a homestead that it is nice to have a way to do this in an efficient manner. One way to reduce the cost is to put together a…
