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The Lazy Days of Summer

You would think that during this past week I would have been working in the garden, but to tell you the truth, I have been busy doing other things around the farm. One of the things that we did this past week was clean the pantry/garden room in the house. Our trailer has two bedroomsContinue reading “The Lazy Days of Summer”

Elderberries-The Last Hurrah of the Berry Harvest

Elderberries are highly nutritious, can be used medically, in personal care, and is also delicious.

My Bread Making Secrets

Baking bread from scratch is one of the most basic skills for anyone who wants to develop self-sufficiency and create a perpetual homestead can learn. Here are my secrets to perfect homemade bread

Extending Your Fall Harvest Beyond the First Frost

Extending your garden beyond the normal autumn season is much like extending beyond the normal spring season except you are protecting bigger plants.

Planning the Fall Garden

I am feeling it’s time to plant my fall vegetable garden

Beating the Heat in the Garden

The electrical grid has been pushed to its limits during the month of July. We have also been doing the best we can to beat the heat by avoiding excessive exposure to the extreme weather. We have been careful to ensure that our chickens and cats have had plenty of water and are able toContinue reading “Beating the Heat in the Garden”

Canning Filled Month

In my book, The Survival Garden, I share how you can grow vegetables that don’t need to be canned, frozen, or dehydrated. If you’d like to learn more about this book, take a free look inside on Amazon. In my book The Four Season Vegetable Garden, I share the techniques of how to enable usContinue reading “Canning Filled Month”

Finding Food In Places Other Than The Grocery Store (Not charity)

Last week, we discussed how to save food money through gardening. Here’s a link to that blog post. This week I’m sharing some other ways to save on food this year. Foraging All over the countryside, there are different ways that you can forage for various wild foods. Many backyard weeds like lambsquarters, dandelion, mustardContinue reading “Finding Food In Places Other Than The Grocery Store (Not charity)”

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day! There’s nothing that says independence more than knowing I can grow my own food! According to several sources around the world, the current food shortages around the world are going to be worse next year. That’s why I feel that we need to become as food independent as possible. I am notContinue reading “Happy Independence Day!”

The Many Benefits of Kelp

I’m using Kelp in the Garden What most people don’t know is that most poor soils don’t lack specific mineral content. Here’s a case in point. Here on the Ozark Plateau, we are sitting on a bedrock of limestone. Our water is high in calcium deposits and yet, if you ask most people around hereContinue reading “The Many Benefits of Kelp”