Did you start a new garden this year and are now wondering what to do with your beds over the winter? The one thing you absolutely don’t want to do is leave your garden beds naked and idle over ...
How to Make Your Own Seed Starting Mix (Recipes)
Starting seed time is one of my favorite tasks of the year, but it can be, without a doubt, an expensive time as well. Buying the mix needed to fill your pots can be costly. The alternative? Make your ...
Growing Rapeseed: Planting Guide, Care, Problems and Harvest
Rapeseed is a far more useful plant than it gets credit for. Not only can you use it to make the famous oil, but it makes good forage and an excellent cover crop for both winter and summer. Plus, you ...
Tips for Starting a Successful Community Seed Bank
Do you know when is the best time to start a community seed bank? Right now. (And I don't mean the blustery autumn day that I'm writing this, but whenever you're reading it. Yes, now.) We ...
11 Important Pointers When Caring for Sheep in Winter
Whether fall has just barely started to yellow the leaves in your area or you’re wondering how you’ll continue to care for your sheep as the snow keeps falling down, you’ve come to the right ...
The Beginner’s Guide to Turning Wool Into Yarn
Sheep are among the most versatile livestock to raise, but many homesteaders don’t take advantage of all their useful qualities. Sheep can be raised for meat, dairy, and as great mowing machines. Then ...
Growing Mitsuba: How to Grow and Enjoy this Beautiful Japanese Herb
Mitsuba is as familiar to Asian chefs as parsley is to Europeans and North Americans, but it's about time more people across the entire globe started growing this marvelous herb. Mitsuba has edible ...
Best Homesteading Facebook Groups to Connect with Like-Minded People
Homesteading is an incredible hobby or way of life, but it can also be a beautiful way of fellowship with people aspiring to the same lifestyle. Depending on where you live, you may not have many ...
Romanov Sheep: Is This Short-Tailed Breed Suitable For My Farm?
Choosing to raise sheep on your farm is an exciting decision. Whether you are planning on starting a flock for meat, for wool, for milk, or just for the sheer enjoyment of doing so, you’ll find ...