Small Homestead

The picture above is my swimming pool salad garden last year.  I have been looking around for containers to garden in and I ran across this article and just had to share, you really can garden in ANYTHING.  This is a woman in Alaska who could not get vegetables to grow in the ground so [...]

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This was supposed to be the Springtime edition.  In going through the articles, there were so many great How To articles that I decided to switch the focus just a little.   My picks are all how to articles and they all have a little bit to do with Spring too.  All of the articles that [...]

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By now, I had hoped to have our garden partially planted.  We got the garden plowed about a month ago and two weeks ago, we bought a used garden tractor.  It’s a cute little 70s Sears Suburban garden tractor.  It came with a tiller, a plow, a cultivator and a disc as well as a [...]

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The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (HR 875) is the government’s attempt to protect the public from food bourne illnesses and contaminants.  It sounds like a good thing and after the last year or so, we would seem to need additional regulations but be forewarned, the bill as it is written now will affect [...]

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A few days ago, I was posting pictures of snow.  For the last few days, temperatures are in the mid to upper 70s.  Virginia weather is always changeable but there have been big shifts this spring.  Yesterday a friend dropped by to plow the garden.  It has been 4 years since there has been a [...]

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Carnival of Homesteading

A major snowfall has swept over the east coast.  It’s caused travel problems and power outages from the deep South to Northern New England.  It is not too bad here on our small homestead.  We only got about 4 inches of snow.  Just enough to be pretty without having to worry about it [...]

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Welcome to the First  edition of Carnival of Homesteading.  There are some great articles in this edition.  I hope that you will enjoy reading them as much as I have!
Gardening

Sinclair presents Sowing the Seeds posted at NatureWithMe, saying, “This is an article about seed selection for an heriloom, organic family garden.”

Ever wondered how to compost [...]

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During World War II  Americans were asked to support the troops by planting a Victory Garden.  Posters were put up everywhere, gardens were planted in backyards and vacant lots.  Americans produced 40% of their own food in their backyards.  Yes, you read that right, 40%.
Americans were encouraged to grow their own fruits and vegetables so [...]

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We are going to have a fairly large garden this year as we hope to feed 4 separate families.  While Randy has had a large garden in the past, I have not and the seed ordering is part of my job.   The following list is the steps I will be following to help make sure [...]

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We are planning on having a large garden this year.  Randy has gardened before and I have always had some type of small garden.  This year we are planning a garden big enough to feed our family, both of Randy’s sons and their family and my daughter’s family.  That’s four families from one garden so [...]

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