Tips on Starting an Urban Permaculture Food Forest
A visit to a permaculture food forest and p-patch, how it works, and realistic tips for starting your own urban food forest. Four or five years ago I came across…
5 Tips to Start your Urban Homestead
Tips and ideas to start your urban homestead, a tiny farm in the backyard. Lack of land does not have to stop you from living your dream right now. by…
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Getting started with Beekeeping: tips for the beginner beekeeper
Advice on getting started with keeping honeybees by Linda Tillman of ‘Linda’s Bees’. Includes tips on hive location, equipment, books, and where to begin. The smell of the beehive is…
Relics of Ancient Gardening and Roman Cooking at the British Museum
A visit to the British Museum to learn about gardening and cooking artifacts from the first to fourth-century Roman-Britain Aside from gardening and making, one of my favorite topics is…
8 Things to Know about Raising Pigs
There is really nothing like home grown, pasture raised, heritage pork by Charlotte Walker of Walkerland Canadian Homesteading Raising pigs is a complex experience that impacts you in innumerable ways….
5 Easy Ways to Preserve Fresh Produce without Canning
Five easy and quick ways to preserve fresh produce without canning including dehydration, freezing, refrigeration, and fermentation. By Megan Cain For many of us gardeners, late summer and early fall…
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Fairy tale Farming in Eastern Europe
A time capsule of old-fashioned farms and villages in the heart of Romania. Horse-drawn carts, small villages, and an ancient way of life. Nearly every friend who found out that…