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Growing your own food and homesteading in your own backyard with vegetable gardening, chickens, permaculture and home brewing.
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Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Take ownership of your food supply and learn in this week's episode of the vegetables which don't mind the cold and you can be starting right now!
Many of these veggies are fast-growing so you can start harvesting fresh produce from your garden sooner! In episode 30 we talk about:
- quick tips on soil improvement
- plants to direct sow
- plants to start indoors
- plants to start under frost protection
- easy vegetables for beginners
Read the blog post here: Early Spring Veg
Continue your homesteading journey and enroll in The Grow Your Own Food Academy today.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Spring is in the air for episode 29 and with baby chicks becoming available in the farm supply and feed stores you have some options for raising chickens in your backyard!
Join me in this episode to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of mobile chicken tractors so you can decide how you want to raise your birds.
See the DIY building options on the blog post Why a Mobile Chicken Tractor is Better than a Coop
Grab your free guide to chicken breeds right here.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Welcome to Episode 28! Sit back for another training in this episode! Today we're talking about the different types of seed and information you might see when shopping for seeds. We talk about:
- open pollinated
- heirloom
- GMO
- hybrid
- organic
- biodynamic
- plant reproduction
Links mentioned in this episode:
Get on the waitlist for The Grow Your Own Food Academy doors open.
Safe Seed Pledge website (the Council of Responsible Genetics) cannot be found, however, if you search for the safe seed pledge and the seed company you wish to purchase seed from you can find their pledge.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
This week in episode 27 we're digging in deep to learn in some mini-training about seed starting! You might want to take notes for this episode because we're talking about:
- the common fears of seed starting
- what you need to start seeds
- how to start seeds
- which seeds you can start indoors
- key techniques like hardening off and thinning and what they mean
Level up your garden this year and grow from seed!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Building cold frames that will save you money.
Jiffy Natural & Organic OMRI Listed Seed Starting Mix.
Jiffy 36 Peat Pellet Professional Greenhouse (36 mm pellets).
Get on the waitlist for The Grow Your Own Food Academy and learn to grow an organic garden free from chemicals and pesticides with me.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
In this week's episode, we are talking all about the versatile and humble potato, a favorite of humans and hobbits alike!
Learn how to start growing your very own potatoes in your garden this season and tune into episode 26, where we dig in to talk about:
- Chitting potatoes
- Where to grow
- Potato pests
- Potato diseases
- Extending the harvest
- Curing potatoes
Make sure you get on the waitlist to hear when the gates open for the Grow Your Own Food Academy and learn step by step how to grow your own food.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Tomatoes: the gardener's gateway to growing your own vegetables! One taste of your very own homegrown tomato and you will never want to eat one from the store again!
In this episode we talk about:
- when to start your tomatoes
- growing tomatoes from seed
- transplanting tomatoes
- growing tips
Resources mentioned in this episode: The Old Farmer's Almanac Planting Calendar
If you're passionate about wanting to grow your own food, get on the waiting list for Grow Your Own Food Academy and get started on your very own, homegrown produce.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Episode 24 is a long one but a great mini training! We dive deep in this training to grow a sustainable, adaptable garden that can produce a reliable harvest despite what Mother Nature throws at it!
In this episode we talk about:
- what a landrace is
- the benefits of landrace gardening
- how to start a landrace garden
- seed types and the pros and cons of each
Seed suppliers check out the Open Source Seed Initiative website for their full list of partners.
Check out the blog post that goes with this episode here for a list of seed suppliers.
Let me know in the Facebook Group what you want to grow as a landrace join here.
If you loved this mini training, get on the waitlist for the Grow Your Own Food Academy to learn how to grow food in your backyard.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Compost is an easy way to build great soil in your garden. Great soil means great plants that can take on anything!
Join me in episode 23, as we talk about how to compost with Bokashi including:
- surprising things you can add to the composter
- how it works
- troubleshooting your composter
- how to use Bokashi
- the pros and cons
Heads up we also talk about composting dog poop!
What will you compost this season on your homestead?
Dig in to learn more with me by getting on the waiting list for the Grow Your Own Food Academy.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Episode 22: Choosing Seeds to Grow
If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed with the choice of seeds available to grow in your garden then tune in to learn some questions to ask yourself to help find the criteria you need for your garden.
Grab the question list mentioned in the podcast by clicking here.
Find your frost dates to work out the number of growing days for where you live using the Old Farmer's Almanac Frost Dates tool.
We talk about suiting your lifestyle and space as well as where to find the information you need to garden successfully.
Sign up and be the first to know about the launch of Grow Your Own Food Academy, click to learn more and up your gardening game this season.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Want to learn how to free up space to sow more plants? How about a sowing method which means less hardening off your seedlings and an earlier harvest?
Tune in to episode 21 to hear about winter sowing and how to get started!
The seed starting list you can get by clicking here.
Always ensure to operate safely. All projects are purely “at your own risk” and are for information purposes only. As with any project, unfamiliarity with the tools, animals, plants, and processes can be dangerous. Posts, podcasts, and videos should be read and interpreted as theoretical advice only and are not a substitute for advice from a fully licensed professional.