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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 Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Winter is on the way! Find out how to get your garden ready for the next season and how to make more plants for free in this episode.
See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
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What are you working on in your homestead garden? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
As your garden comes to an end for the season, it is a good time to reflect on what grew well, what didn't, and some possible changes for your garden the following year. In this episode, I talk about somethings that did well and didn't do so well here in my new garden.
See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
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Show me your seed saving! What have you started saving seeds from? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
You can save seeds quite easily from your own plants in your garden. If you want to reduce the seeds you are buying and start gardening more self sufficiently then here are some easy plants to save seeds from!
See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
Show me your seed saving! What have you started saving seeds from? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
No matter how much I experiment and try something new in the garden, I always seem to find my way back to gardening like this. Learn how to start a garden with very little and some benefits to gardening in this way!
See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
Are you growing in a no-dig garden? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
I didn't grow up in a homesteading or farming family but I learned so much from my grandparents when I was younger. Here are 10 depression-era tips I learned from my grandparents that I use on a regular basis as a homesteader.
See how to build your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
What are you doing on your homestead? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
August is a busy time in the garden and around the homestead, learn 11 tasks for August to help you keep your homestead on track!
Build your seed starting schedule step by step: Here
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
What are you doing on your homestead? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Farmers do an amazing job. Growing food isn't an easy task and during Maine's Open Farm Day I had an opportunity to walk farms and talk to the farmers who grow food for their communities and share their knowledge with anyone who is interested! Here are 5 things I learned from farmers.
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What did you repurpose and reuse? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Pests are a pain to deal with, but they are inevitable in the garden. Today. let's talk about some control methods you can use in the garden to help keep pests in check.
Mentioned in the episode:
Bt is Bacillus thuringiensisis. A bacteria that is used to control caterpillars. My microbiologist friends are probably glad I didn't try to pronounce it :D
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
What's growing in your garden right now? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
The summer is busy in the garden but in July and August, there are some steady garden chores you can do from taking care of the soil to cane fruit. See how you can help your garden grow!
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
What's growing in your garden right now? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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 Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Join me with a cup of tea for a chat about homesteading. In today's episode, you can hear about some of the things going on around the homestead behind the scenes if you will. Things that worked and things that didn't along with some tips for local food.
Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead:
Would you go all-in for the landrace homestead? Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders: Join the Facebook Group
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.