perennials – The Perpetual Homesteader

Elderberries-The Last Hurrah of the Berry Harvest

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

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!”

What Is Growing That I Didn’t Have to Plant this Year

One of the nice things about being a perpetual homesteader is that there are foods that I am now growing that I didn’t have to plant this year.

A More Complete Sweet Potato Harvest

Here’s how many people start their own sweet potato slips. They wait until January or February and use this method. It’s how I started and it works, but I’m sharing a better way!

Planting Perennial Vegetables

Perennial vegetables like asparagus, rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, and horseradish among other vegetables can be planted once and with little care offers a crop year after year.

Planting Berries

An orchard will not bear for a few more years. What I have that will all begin bearing in the next couple of years is the berry patch.

The Homestead Today

I learned a while back that in order get where I want to go, I first have to know where I am. So today, I would like to share where I am right now on my homestead.