Posts Tagged ‘gardening’

Book Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist

Posted in Garden, Reviews, tagged , , , , , on January 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Michael Judd’s book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist: How to Have Your Yard and Eat it Too was an informative read that we have already utilized in our yard. This book was great! It took a few permaculture principles, and explained each to a depth that made me feel comfortable immediately implementing the principles […]

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Homesteading and Hazardous Chemicals

Posted in Food & Beverage, Garden, Household, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

I wrote this book review addressing the challenges regarding potentially hazardous chemicals in our everyday products. We have discussed how we would like to lessen any unnecessary chemical exposure in our home. Our homesteading work has done a lot to give us chemical-free options. Our organic garden gives us food free of herbicides and pesticides.  We […]

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How to Make a Raised Bed, with Some Help From the Hens

Posted in Garden, Layers, tagged , , , , , on September 4, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Step One: Wheelbarrow over a lot of rocks. Arrange them to make a border. Step Two: Lay out cardboard to smother grass, weeds, etc. (In retrospect, I would lay out the cardboard before setting out the rocks, that way the cardboard could be under the rocks. It was hard getting the cardboard over the greenery […]

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Building a Hoop House: Part 1

Posted in Animals, Chickens, Farm, Garden, Layers, tagged , , , , on August 5, 2014 | 1 Comment »

We are building a hoop house!  This will house hens over the winter.  The bedding from the hens will decompose, creating great compost.  In the spring we’ll move the hens out and plant vegetables.   The basic structure for the hoop house is a 2×4 wood base, with two cattle panels as the hoop, connected […]

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The newest additions: rabbits!

Posted in Animals, Farm, Garden, Rabbits, tagged , , , on July 18, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

We have meat rabbits!  Well, we have a breeding trio whose offspring will be our meat.  The breed we decided to have is silver fox, a heritage breed.  Harley had purchased cages and supplies from Bass Equipment, and we’ll post an article detailing the rabbitry once the rabbits are settled in.  For now, enjoy the […]

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Goat Update

Posted in Animals, Farm, Goats, Land, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

      The goats have been great so far! They’re very friendly, and they love to eat feed from our hands.  They’re already earning their keep by eating weeds and branches, and giving us fertilizing manure in return! We had the road regraveled, and the gravel truck broke a tree limb covered in leafy […]

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Book Review: The Self-Sufficient Life by John Seymour

Posted in Food & Beverage, Garden, Household, Reviews, tagged , , , on August 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve spent some time absorbing all of the information in The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live it by John Seymour. This book is an amazing resource that covers so many aspects of homesteading!  Since the book covers a wide range of topics, it doesn’t go into too much depth on any one.  I could […]

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We’ve Only Just Begun: Growing a Garden

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

We moved into Independence Homestead at the beginning of the summer in 2011, so almost a year ago.  Last year was spent improving the inside of the house and settling in.   While we did routine maintenance on the yard, that’s about all we did outside.  The prior owners were obviously not gardeners, so we started […]

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