My greatest inspiration in my own backyard farming adventure has been to hear the experiences of others. I invite you to read along here as Homesteaders share their adventures and experiences from their own farms, backyards, and homes. Want to be featured as a Homestead Highlight? I would love to hear about your experience. For […]
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What do honeybees do in the winter?
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Rob has a small 1/3 acre homestead in Waterford, Connecticut where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is attempting to organically grow as much of their own food as possible while learning all he can about biointensive growing methods, micro eco-farming, and natural farming so he can purchase a larger piece of property and run a small organic farm. He is an architectural designer, furniture maker, amateur photographer, and nature lover. He blogs about his growing experiences at Bepas Garden (http://bepasgarden.blogspot.com).
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Build a cold frame greenhouse to extend you growing season, start seeds, and harvest into the fall and winter.
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After several weeks of procrastination, my husband has finally stepped up to the challenge of putting up a post. With any luck he’ll be a regular contributor to The Backyard Farming Connection, sharing his thoughts on the Farm to Table Movement and whatever else wanders through his head. Without further ado, here’s Dave: Seeds to
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Christine has a small, urban homestead in Cleveland, Ohio where she gardens and practices simple living skills that she hopes to use on a larger scale in the coming years. Christine is a permaculturist, nature lover, and simple living advocate with a Master’s degree in biology. She blogs about these things and more at: theselightfootsteps.com.
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A hurricane is heading your way and, it is being proceeded by flurry of activity. People are battening up the hatches so to speak and getting their homes and families ready for the possibility of flooding, high winds, power outages, and whatever else might be in store. So what are the top things to do to
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Last weekend we went to the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. A dangerous place for me to go – oh the textures and colors and well, all that livestock and wool. I managed to leave with just a bit of roving to play with, but I am in love with all
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I have always dreamed of having chickens, when our family bought our first home in Coastal Maine I knew my dream was going to become a reality. It started out with 4 Beautiful Rhode Island Reds and has quickly grown to non-traditional breeds; one being my favorite the “Duccle.”
It wasn’t just about having the eggs for us, it was bug control, the eggs are just another benefit. We quickly found when digging in our sandy soil that it was grub infested and lacked nutrients. So here is where the chickens came a huge part of our home. Most would say they despise the fact that chickens can be destructive and scratch the ground where ever they please. I happen to love the fact there aerating our soil, it will make my job a lot easier to tend come next spring.
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It’s inevitable that at some point you will head out to your coop getting ready to greet your beautiful, sleek hen only to discover some scrawny, skittish, featherless, ugly chicken. And then to add insult to injury, there are no eggs in your egg box, and the amount of feathers everywhere make you wonder if
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