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Read moreOver the past 20 years, Ive spent over a year and a half living in wall tents. When it comes to a temporary living arrangement when you are building a homestead I dont think you can do better than a wall tent. They are spacious. They can be arranged 100 different ways. They are bright. […]
Read moreHomesteading – DIY vertical wicking strawberry planter In this episode, Angela shows us how to make a vertical wicking strawberry planter. This is based on the raised wicking bed design, where the bed has a reservoir of water in the base and the water ‘wicks’ up through the soil to the plant roots. Eventually, we […]
Read moreSimple instructions for cleaning chicken eggs. A few things to note: – When you wash an egg using the wet method, the bloom, or cuticle, is removed. Dry cleaning does not remove this natural anti-bacterial coating. If you use mineral oil to reseal an egg that has been wet-cleaned, be sure the egg is dry […]
Read moreThis is a 4 week online course from MyGardenSchool. If you would like to enroll or get further information please see http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/advanced-vegetable-growing-self-sufficiency-homesteading/ Once you’ve got the veg-growing bug, you’ll itch to grow more and more. You want the superb flavours and just-picked, no-chemicals freshness of home-grown for everything, from your breakfast fruit to your kids’ […]
Read moreNO TILL Homesteading Organic Vegetable Gardening method with deep mulch for beginners 101, Pt 6. Also How to build healthy soil – You can use composting leaves too.
Read moreGrow your own Wind & Sun Protection in NO TILL Homesteading Vegetable Gardening for beginners 101
Read moreWe’re finally settling in to our new cabin, and have begun homesteading! One of our first priorities this spring was to construct a vegetable garden. Hoping to work in harmony with nature, we decided to delve into the world of Permaculture, and built our very first Hugelkultur mound! So what’s Hugelkultur? Well, we’ll show you! […]
Read morePa Mac clears more land for farming & gardening, showing some differences between clearing land today and what many settlers of the 1800’s dealt with. Be sure and subscribe to the Farm Hand’s Companion channel to keep up with the progress as Pa Mac takes an undeveloped piece of property and turns it into a […]
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