When people think of backyard farming, they usually think of vegetables, and maybe a few fruit trees. It’s time to think beyond fruits and vegetables and consider other options for your homestead garden.
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Everything you need to know about fruit gardening and building the backyard farm of your dreams.
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Whether you are brand new to backyard farming or you’re just getting started, planning your homestead garden is likely one of the most important and earliest things you will do. The food truly tastes better from your own garden, plus it can be cheaper, healthier, a stress relief, and so much more. This article explains how to get started and what you can do to start producing your own food from your garden now!
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Looking for resources for planning a homestead? This free guide will walk you through the steps of planning your own homestead.
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At its core, modern homesteading in a resurgence of traditional and basic skills that promote self-sufficiency and reliance through gardening, raising animals, preserving food, and building systems that reduce waste. Unlike traditional homesteading that requires a tract of land that becomes a formal homesteading, modern homesteading is using these skills to create an intentional lifestyle of self reliance. Modern homesteading is less about an end product and more about a mindset and approach to living.
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we’re gearing up for hosting a big family gathering for the first time in our new homestead. While I’m hoping next year to have mostly a home grown meal, this year we’re going to keep it simple and traditional. If you haven’t already planned for a winter crop this
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It’s moving time here at our home, so I’m taking some time to make the transition here from this home to our new one – hopefully I’ll be back next week with some photos and updates from our new digs! In the meantime, you can ink up below. Check out some of these great photos
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Burritos and quesadillas are one of the favorite meals in our home. Making your own tortillas is not only easy, but they are absolutely delicious! Try this recipe from Schneider Peeps. Looking for more great posts? Check out the homestead resource guide. Are you interested in having your post featured on the Backyard Farming
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Already the air feels cooler in the mornings, and the leaves, vegetables and plants are starting to take on their fall appearance of wild abundance. Besides the multitude of tomatillas coming in everyday, most of our harvest this year is giving us just more than we can eat. With our move in just over a
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a homestead as: the home and adjoining land occupied by a family. For centuries, a homestead existed as a parcel of land and the home built there. It was a combinations of trees or fields, slopes and hills, and bodies of water. The land had a specific climate, it was
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