by Homesteader | Sep 2, 2013 | Home Life
If you are living off the land, you are likely always looking for better homesteading and gardening ideas to improve your efficiency and productivity. Homesteaders are usually quite resourceful and careful in their planning and implementation of planting and...
by Homesteader | Jul 28, 2013 | beekeeping, Home Life, Homestead Gardening, Homesteading Lifestyle
Bees are an important part of any homestead. Whether you keep bees on your homestead or not you know the important role bees play in your gardening efforts. Many homesteaders keep bees to help with the pollination of their crops and also for the honey they produce. ...
by Homesteader | Jul 5, 2013 | Alternative Growing Methods, Frugal Living, Home Life, Homestead Gardening, Homesteading Lifestyle, Urban Homesteading
If you are homesteading, chances are you have a garden you regard to in growing crops for your food. There are a lot of considerations in caring for your garden (composting, planting, usually tending, gathering) to secure the plants and produce the greatest yield....
by Homesteader | Jul 2, 2013 | Composting Tips, Growing Vegetables, Home Life, Homestead Gardening, Homesteading Lifestyle, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening and Growing
If you are engaged in composting on your homestead, if you aren’t careful you might find yourself encountering specific dangers. Composting is a task that is an excellent benefit with homesteading, and also leads one closer to the earth and nature. However,...
by Homesteader | May 5, 2013 | Alternative Growing Methods, Frugal Living, Growing Vegetables, Home Life, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening and Growing, Seeds and Planting
If you are homesteading and perhaps do not have extensive acreage for growing crops, you can still consider building a greenhouse in small areas. A good greenhouse need not be always big and spacious. Although those requirements are ideal for big plant growers and...
by Homesteader | Mar 10, 2013 | Composting Tips, Greenhouse, Growing Fruits, Growing Vegetables, Home Life, Homestead Gardening, Homesteading Lifestyle, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening and Growing, worm farming
When I was growing up I loved to dig for earthworms in our backyard garden. As a kid, I spent lots of time looking for worms so that I always had a ready-supply of bait for my favorite fishing hole. I became pretty good at finding these worms because I learned where...
