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The garden is growing – it’s really growing!  Despite the heat this weekend, we got most of the garden beds weeded and you can see the small, fragile seedlings struggling upward.  With the garden underway, we are starting to get our first harvest: herbs, lettuce, and strawberries and I’m looking forward to eating more out

Do you homestead? Do you farm or garden, or grow herbs on your deck? However you homestead, I invite you to share your story here at the Backyard Farming Connection as part of the homestead highlight series. Come share your insights, successes and failures. You don’t need to be a blogger to share here. You

Homesteading is a new way of life for so many people (and an old way of life for many folks as well).  If you are currently engaged in homesteading, how do you share your lifestyle with others? Lately I’ve been thinking about all the ways to pass it forward.  For many it is as simple

I did not grow up on a farm. While I did grow up in a family that thought about how our actions impacted the earth, raising our own food was not a part of the whole picture.  We reduced our energy consumption, we recycled, we ate healthy, and we spent time digging and playing outside.