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Gardening can be expensive. When you are growing a Homestead garden you want to make sure that the cost of the garden doesn’t exceed the value of the crop that you will reap from it. Here’s some tricks to help you get the most from your garden without breaking the budget. 1. Recycle for pots [...]
Chick Peas or Garbanzo Beans are a traditional part of the Mediterranean and Indian diet. They are rich in fiber, with 20% crude protein. Sally Fallon in Nourishing Traditions says of the Garbanzo Bean, “They are one of the most nutritious of all the legumes, high in calcium, phosphorus, and potassium. They have an exceptionally [...]
Its time to make my seed order for this Spring. I tend to buy larger packages of seed so that I don’t have to buy fresh seed each season. Seed is a living organism. Seed has a shelf life. Most seed will last several years, if kept in a cool dry place. See my article [...]
Swiss Chard for cold garden areas: A member of the beet family, with a mild, spinach-like flavour, Chard is easy to grow and adaptable. It grows best in well tilled, fertile soil. It has a long tap root and can endure hot, dry days if you mulch it well to retain soil moisture. It can [...]
Anarchist knitting, subversive gardening, nonconformist living and the occupy movement, what do they have in common? They are part of a growing grass roots movement to take back the control of our lives from government and corporations. As we approach the American Thanksgiving Holiday — Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I challenge you to take [...]
On Tuesday, I told you that bad stuff happens to homesteaders, too. But homesteaders have more resilience than city folk when dealing with crises and catastrophes. Sometimes your dreams become a pile of ashes. Your hopes are burnt up in circumstances — winter storms, wolves at the door, stock market crashes, relationship failures, sickness, loss. [...]
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