If you have gardened for long, you have wanted to store seed for longer periods of time than what can normally be done by sticking the envelopes in a drawer. Perhaps you have purchased more seed than you need. Maybe …
Raising A Premie Lamb Two days ago on our homestead, we had the tiniest lamb get born. When I first saw this premie lamb, I wasn’t even sure if she could survive. However, I wanted to try everything I …
With the craziness of today’s world, I thought it could be helpful to share a couple of recipes for homemade cleaning supplies . Life has it’s hiccups and having some alternatives up your sleeve is helpful. It can be helpful …
Most gardeners end up with boxes of unused garden seed. Sometimes they are leftover from previous years and sometimes they were given to them. I’ve dealt with old seed from both scenarios. Years ago my wife’s grandparents gave me the …
It seems that things around the globe head to panic over any number of things. Does that mean you need to panic? NO. However, you do need to be prepared. This last weekend, people panicked and whole entire store shelves …
For most of my life I’ve seen seed catalogs praise stringless beans. Then, as a young adult, I discovered old fashioned string beans and fell in love with them. At first we didn’t understand what we had, and processed them …
Folks, This morning someone signed up as a user on Homesteading Edu and somehow figured out how to send emails to other users. Within 10 minutes of them doing so, I deleted their account. Please disregard any email you may …
Survival seed vaults remind me of the electric socks my mom picked up for me when I was a teen getting ready to go on a winter camping trip. The socks did indeed heat but they were very large, very …
The Kidding Doe Our homestead has almost finished with kidding season and we are waiting on bated breath for our last doe to kid. So, how can we tell when she’s in labor? That is one of our frequently asked …
Gardening and seed saving are like “peas and carrots.” I’m often puzzled about why there aren’t more seed savers in our gardening ranks. I’m not talking about anything extravagant. Why don’t more people save their own seed? Though there are …