Tag Archives: Homesteading

Using Discounted and Free Fruit to Build Food Storage

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Jennifer

Sometimes life does not go the way we want or expect it to. At the beginning of the year, I had the best of intentions to share how we build our food storage. However, as it turned out I really … Continue reading →

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Getting Started With Golden Oyster Mushrooms

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jennifer

This past week, I noticed that our very first Golden Oyster Mushroom has started fruiting! Then when I came to update my post about Golden Oyster mushrooms, I realized I never wrote an original post. Whoops! Anyway, when we started … Continue reading →

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Our Farm: Wild Black Raspberries

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Jennifer

We have been working to replace a short stretch of exterior fence that was in very poor shape. This particular fence is on the perimeter of our farm and runs along a highway.  It was overgrown with brush, part of … Continue reading →

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Growing and Freezing Broccoli

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Jennifer

This year we planted broccoli seeds in January in hopes of raising lots of broccoli to freeze. We didn’t get along nearly as well with the broccoli plants as we did the tomato plants.  There were a couple of times … Continue reading →

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Potatoes and Sawdust

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Jennifer

You may remember that when I planted the Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac potatoes it was in a new garden box that I didn’t fill all the way. I had the best intentions of adding more compost to the box … Continue reading →

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