Where to Place a Chicken Coop Raising chickens can be a fun and rewarding experience, but before you get sucked in by some cute little yellow balls of fluff, you should first decide on a style of coop and most importantly, where to place a chicken coop. The chicken coop is going to be shelter…
If you are wanting to get into homesteading and gardening but lack the space for a full-scale garden, you still can grow your own fresh fruits, vegetables and culinary herbs. The only requirement is that you have access to an outdoor space, such as around your home’s foundation, deck, patio, or on a balcony. Your…
One of the most important things you need in your backyard if you intend to grow your own food is good soil. Depending on where you live, you might have soil that is more sandy or more clay or you may be super lucky and have a great humous soil that can handle a lot of…
You may have been wondering if growing your own food is worth the effort. The short answer is yes. In fact, growing your own food can provide a fairly simple solution to many of the health and economic problems you may face. Whether you are imagining a small balcony garden with lots of pots to…
Yes, you can skip this “seed” step entirely and purchase seedlings from your local nursery. However, this does not give you the option to start your own seeds from vegetables that you have harvested the previous year. A garden is self-sustaining, and if you want to take advantage of this, you will need to start…
Spring is in the air. And when spring is on the horizon, many of us are aching to get out and plant a garden. In the interim, there are a lot of garden shows and seeds that we can buy to plan our ultimate garden outside. Spring is such a hopeful time of year. But…
If you love to cook and preserve your own garden harvested vegetables and fruit, then learning how to plant a homestead vegetable garden is one of the most rewarding things you can do. When you grow your own garden, you can harvest fresh seasonal fruits, veggies and herbs as you need them instead of having…
Are you thinking of homesteading and not sure what homesteading really means? Well, I am going to share with you what homesteading means to me and hopefully it will help you figure out what it means to you. What Is Homesteading? Dictionary.com defines the word “homestead” as: Old English hamstede “home, town, village,” from home…
If you’re planning to build a chicken coop on your homestead or in your backyard, you will first need to be aware of some of the basic chicken coop requirements. These requirements are the same whether you live in the city and building a small coop to hold 6 hens or live in the country…
It’s October already? Oh boy, I guess that means it’s time for Fall Homestead chores! I wish I could say I was really organized and had lists and things but that’s just not going to happen this year. Our homestead is based in the southeastern part of British Columbia, Canada and although we don’t see…