Creating a Homegrown and Homemade Life
Were you a chicken homesteader or a garden homesteader? Most people start with one or the other. I started in the garden, moved on to the kitchen, and proceeded to chickens. I’m going to give you some tips to start a homestead garden that will actually feed your family and reduce your grocery budget.
When the thermometer creeps up and the sun peeks out from behind the clouds, it starts to feel like garden season. So although it’s not warm enough for tomatoes, there are plenty of early spring crops to plant. Nothing like tiny sprouts to lighten your mood.
Are you looking for the perfect gift for the homesteader in your life? I’ve made a list of the perfect last minute gift ideas for homesteaders. Whether they are apartment homesteaders or complete-with-dairy-cow homesteaders there’s a gift idea for all types.
So you want to can tomatoes, but you haven’t got a garden full of tomatoes? You can get started preserving food without a garden. Just because you didn’t grow it, doesn’t mean you can’t preserve it. Actually preserving is a good place to start.
You’ve harvested all of your onions, but now what? I can teach you how to freeze onions, so that you can have onions from your garden all year. Or simply keep those store bought onions from going bad before you can eat them up.
