These principles can be applied to any type of garden whether it’s a vegetable, herb, flower, orchard, perennial, annual, or anything in between . Monica’s herb garden is just booming this year but haven’t had to water it even once (mid June). We’ve been blessed with extra moisture this year which is great! I want to […]
How Much to Plant Per Person in the Garden
How much to plant per person in the garden. I think this is a question all homesteaders and vegetable gardeners deal with every year. Children grow bigger and eat more or they move out so you have one less mouth to feed, your eating habits change, someone suddenly has a favorite fruit or vegetable, the varieties of […]
Podcast – Homestead Waste Management (Episode 85)
Homestead Waste Management Podcast Though we don’t currently podcast, we have over 100 episodes on different subjects from survival to homesteading to permaculture and cooking. You can still subscribe on iTunes or listen online. Here’s one from On today’s podcast “Homestead Waste Management” Monica and I talk about turning “waste” into a resource. The […]
Reducing Feed Costs
Past Podcast: Reducing Feed Costs We really enjoyed our time podcasting, but this last year we’ve focused more of our attention on speaking, teaching, hosting workshops, apprenticeships, creating videos and building our online Community. This is a podcast we did a couple of years ago focusing on reducing feed costs which is always helpful. Of course we […]
Homemade Barbecue Sauce
Make your own homemade barbecue sauce & basic ribs Panic Now Have you ever had one of those panic moments when you had made plans for dinner only to realize you forgot to purchase a pretty important part of the recipe? That’s what happened to Linde last night. She had taken out a large package […]
Uses of Viola tricolor
Uses of Viola tricolor Come June my herbal garden will begin to be spotted with delicate, tri-colored blossoms commonly known as Johnny Jump Ups or Wild Pansy . They are one of my favorite, wild-growing flowers in my herb garden. This last couple of years I have watched as their numbers happily multiply giving me […]
Roasted Dandelion Root Brownies
Roasted Dandelion Root Brownies I’ve always loved brownies with espresso or coffee in them, making them more of a mocha-brownie. Today I decided to try roasted dandelion root instead of coffee. I don’t know if this makes them any healthier (check out my earlier blog post on the benefits of dandelion), I like to think […]
Pine Needle Cookies
Pine Needle Cookies This cookie is a type of shortbread so if you’ve made shortbread before this will be simple for you. We use this recipe as our base for every herbal cookie we make. The most popular ones we prepare here are the Rose Petal and Orange cookies which Linde keeps in stock for our […]
Dandelions Medicinal Uses
Dandelions Medicinal Uses Latin name:Taraxacum officinalis Family: Asteraceae About: Dandelion is a survivor. You will find it in cracks in the sidewalk, meadows, overgrazed pastures, lawns, gardens, and anywhere the wind blows. Herbalists consider this humble plant valuable medicine. Introduced to the New World by European settlers as a source of food and medicine, […]
Effectiveness over Efficiency in Homesteading
Effectiveness over Efficiency in Homesteading You completed 48 things today on a to-do list but did you do what was important to you? Probably not. Be effective and then consider efficiency. Efficiency without effectiveness provides zero results. Think about it, you can be extremely efficient but if you are pursuing the wrong priorities you are […]
