reading about farming and gardening and homesteading
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More Favorite Gardening/Farming/Permaculture Books

Before starting on any garden adventures, I feel it is very important to get inspired and informed. And although the internet has nearly infinite sources or information I personally enjoy learning things by reading my favourite informative books and I have a feeling that you do too. Plus, if you are in the midst of an…

Designing your garden-What makes a good garden?
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Designing Your Garden – What Makes a Good Garden?

This is a guest post. If you would like to submit your own guest post, click here. Garden design is a very personal thing and is often an expression of your personality. What I like you, you may not and vise versa. Some people like neat and tidy gardens where there are no surprises, others…

having an awesome garden is on the homestead bucket list
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Homesteading Bucket List

Do you have a bucket list? Do you know what a homesteading bucket list is? A bucket list is defined as ” a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime”. Our homesteading bucket list is where I organize homesteading skills I want to learn and homesteading…

5 Best Free Films about Gardening, Farming and Permaculture
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5 Best Free Films about Gardening, Farming and Permaculture

A couple weeks ago I shared with you my favorite homesteading/farming/gardening books. Today, continuing in the same vein, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite farming videos. Now, some of these videos are longer, feature length, films but they weren’t big box office hits. They are small independent films and I just…

In the Garden ~ August 2016
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In the Homestead Garden ~ August 2016

Do you enjoy looking at homestead gardens for inspiration? I know I sure do and so I like to share my own homestead garden tour to hopefully inspire and encourage you! It’s harvest time around here for sure and I was out in the garden taking some photos when I realized it’s time for a…