Tag: Gardening
Make this the Year You Garden
With the way the world looks today, there has never been a better time to plant a garden. If the SHTF, you will value every calorie you produce.
It’s Harvest Time at the Homestead
It's peak harvest time on the homestead, but our raised beds would never be enough to sustain us during an emergency.
Trees, Bees, and the Great Outdoors
The harvest continues and the work doesn't end. After a rainy weekend, we get outside to harvest honey, vegetables and do chores.
Inflation Hits the Homestead, Plus Survival Gardening
Have you ever checked the caloric content of vegetables? Many of them offer just a coupe hundred calories per pound. Give yourself survival options.
Homestead Life is Tiring but Fulfilling
In our second year on the homestead, the progress we have made from last year is evident. We have not realized its full potential, but we are underway.
It’s Time to Raise Some of your Own Food
Raising some of your own food can help you add valuable calories to your diet and and save money, but you need to start now.
How to Survive the Coming Food Crisis
As the war in Ukraine lingers, the odds of a food crisis are growing. Are you prepared to feed your family when there is no food in the store?
How to Screw Up Your Electric Fence Build
I've never installed an electric fence before, and it showed. Sometimes watching YouTube can't replace trial and error.
We Just Completed Two Raised Beds in the Garden
We added two raised beds as we continue to build infrastructure to support a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
It’s Finally Time to Install our Welded Wire Fence
Now that the beehives are set up, we need to get our fencing up before the bears sniff them out and come for a visit.