Getting Ready for Winter
We homestead in an area with monsoon weather. That means we go without rain for months on end, then have torrential rains for a few months, then back to hot and dry. We call it feast or famine. To be…
View Post
We Got 6 Tons of Apples
It’s good to get to know your neighbors. Most of the time I think of homesteading as a pretty solitary activity, almost all of my daily human interactions are with the members of my family. That suits me well most…
View Post
Planning Your Tall Homestead Layout
With less than an acre of land to work with, planning the layout of your Tall homestead is critical to your success. Once you’ve decided to take up the reins of providing more of your own food, the next logical…
View Post
Nutrient Dense Foods
Calories that count We learned in the first post in this series that the fundamental purpose of a homestead is to grow calories to sustain the lives of the people who live on it. If you make all your important…
View Post
From Patios to Pastures
Homesteading Where You Are When we think of homesteading, most of us think of expansive pastures, dense orchards, tractors, fences as far as the eye can see, a house with a wrap-around porch, and a big red barn. That’s the…
View Post