Planting | Tips to Homesteading

Testing heirloom seeds

August 22, 2011 0 Comments

A good rule is to try to use seeds for the given year’s season, but what if sometimes we don’t get all that season’s seeds planted. From time to time everyone has ‘left0ver’ seeds. What should be done with those? There is a way to use last year’s or even the previous year’s seeds (let’s [...] Read more

Category: Growing Vegetables, Heirlooms, Non-GMO and Seed Saving/Storing, Herbs and Herb Gardens, Homestead Gardening, Stretching the Homestead Budget

Tags: crops, germination, heirloom, percentage, planting, seeds

Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Sometimes ‘going with your gut’ is good.

May 5, 2009 0 Comments

This Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading is: Sometimes ‘going with your gut’ is good. What exactly does it mean to ‘go with your gut’? Well, it’s like this, the almanac has said we should have our peas in the ground weeks ago. I’ve been anguished over this date on the calendar for quite some time. My [...] Read more

Category: Mini-Farms, Hobby Farms and Farmettes

Tags: homestead, planting, rain, tips, weather

Fall Vegetable Gardening for the Homesteader

October 24, 2008 1 Comment

Fall Vegetable Gardening Provides New Challenges even for the experienced homesteader with a green thumb. Many people completely ignore the Fall garden because of the challenges, and focus on preparing the bed for the Spring planting. downloadthe green hornet tangled release For most garden enthusiasts, the arrival of fall means a harvest and a Read more

Category: Mini-Farms, Hobby Farms and Farmettes

Tags: fall vegetable gardening, Growing Vegetables, homestead garden, planting, vegetable garden beds