Tag Archives: Homesteading

How to Plant Potatoes

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Jennifer

To ensure that you have the best success growing potatoes start with high quality seed potatoes.  These can either be purchased seed potatoes or some that you saved from the previous year’s garden. Each potato has the potential to grow … Continue reading →

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Our Farm: Planting Elderberries

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Jennifer

I ordered elderberries from the Missouri Department of Conservation as part of my seedling tree order that I placed late last fall.  The elderberries, along with the pawpaws and pecans, arrived recently.  (Last year I had also ordered some elderberries … Continue reading →

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Encore Day at the Home Grown Food Summit

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Jennifer

Today is the last day to watch the Encore Videos of the Home Grown Food Summit, however you can have instant access to the entire Home Grown Food Summit by purchasing a Lifetime Pass. I just purchased mine because there … Continue reading →

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Adding Berries to Our Farm

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Jennifer

One of the things I really want to get established on our farm are a variety of berries, fruits and nuts.  We were able to transplant the currants here in November and it appears that most of them have survived … Continue reading →

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Building a Grape Trellis: Part I

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jennifer

You may recall that we transplanted our grapes to our new farm back in November.  In anticipation of them growing, I have wanted to get started on building the arbor.  Friday the weather was fairly nice and it seemed like … Continue reading →

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