Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

The Patio Restoration Part 2

In July, I wrote about the Crevice Brush tool I had picked up on Amazon and how we used it to restore the lower patio by our house. As it has stretched into August, I have had the boys out most mornings working on the other patio areas. Work for an hour or two as… Continue reading The Patio Restoration Part 2

Gardening · Homesteading

Garlic Harvest 2024

Today, I am 5 weeks out from my arm injury, and I was feeling down a bit. I have watched my gardens barely treading water. We have kept them alive by watering them, but I can't weed them or do any maintenance work. It is frustrating. Especially when I have had to watch rabbits destroy… Continue reading Garlic Harvest 2024

Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Tools For The Homestead: Crevice Weeding Brush

With my arm healing, I have had far more time to wander online. This has led me to look at many "tools you need!" for your garden articles. This isn't bad because finding the crevice weeding brush was a winner for an ugly problem with no easy solution I could think of. The kit was… Continue reading Tools For The Homestead: Crevice Weeding Brush

Homesteading

The Chickens Want To Take You Down

I do love my chickens. In case anyone takes this wrong. The first group came here in 2020, and they have been part of my life ever since. Overall, they live a good life, doing what North American Dirt Parrots love to do: free-range and wander around all day. Then predator season begins, which occurs… Continue reading The Chickens Want To Take You Down

Gardening · Herbalism · Homesteading

Herbalist Training And How It Plays Into Permaculture

When I first started studying herbalism on my quest to be an herbalist, I never saw how I would be able to connect it to the practice of permaculture. Permaculture wasn't even in my mind then, nor was regenerative growing. I started studying around 2017 to learn more about the herbs I used in my… Continue reading Herbalist Training And How It Plays Into Permaculture