Archive for January, 2009
A picture’s worth a thousand words …
January 20th, 2009
When learning to homestead, or even dreaming about homesteading, I would have loved to have someone help me SEE things that I could do. Alas, growing up in suburbia many skills needed by a homesteader (or a home maker for that matter) were not passed down to me. They were perceived as not needed.
Now, as times get tougher, young women are marrying and starting families and lives that require some skills that just got lost on many of the 80’s crowd (*that would be us, your parent’s age*) and many people my age are just now realizing we need some long lost skills no one taught US!
Join me as I hope to mentor and share visually and verbally what I have learned (often the hard way) and would love to share with you to help speed up your learning curve and avoid some of the pitfalls I’ve had!
I’d love to share. Please come see me : http://www.youtube.com/user/thewheatguy
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Winter Homestead ‘To Do’ ideas
January 5th, 2009
Winter can seem like ‘down time’ on the homestead, but it certainly is not true in all homesteads.
If you have livestock of any form, you know they need just as much care, if not more, in the winter. If you have wood heat, well then you are hauling and chopping and cleaning ashes.
But the days are shorter and the weather harsher so many on the homestead keep busy inside with more projects that require staying by the fire. Here are some ideas:
- Plan and draw out the spring garden and planting schedule.
- De-seed any wildflowers from last year’s bed to re-use.
- Knit, crochet or sew.
- Cabinet, closet and drawer cleaning for that spring garage sale
- Inventory the canning supplies.
- Order your spring seeds on line.
- Keep composting and turning it into the ‘dead’ garden.
There are many more ideas of winter homestead projects that can be done indoors or out. Please feel free to leave a comment and we can expand this list for more people to see! Thank you!
Best Blessings.
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