Summer is Coming!

By Dani Meyer, on April 23rd, 2013
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We’ve been planting here on our little mini farm for several weeks now and several days this week have been cookers. If you are still freezing in the snow have hope! Spring will be here sooner than you think!

There is nothing like getting your hands in the dirt and being so tired and satisfied at the end of the day.

You might remember that a month or so ago we announced the start of the Homestead Resource Guide. Today I am thrilled to announce that we are combining forces with Gretchen from The Backyard Farming Connection in our efforts to bring you this awesome guide!

If you missed the original introduction the basic idea is that we are working to build an online resource of homesteading posts in an easy to find format. These will be a wealth of first-hand, researched, experienced posts to help guide readers on their homesteading quest.

We will be featuring some of the link ups individually to highlight specific areas every so often to help keep it fresh, but remember you can always link up in other sections too!

Today in honor of summer dreaming we are featuring summer squash, asparagus and tomatoes!

If you have a favorite post, tip, or variety of these 3 please share it with us!

  Summer Squash and Zucchini

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Tomatoes

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Send damping-off disease packing with these natural solutions for your seedlings

By Dani Meyer, on April 4th, 2013

Good morning friends! We are thrilled this morning to be able to welcome Chris Dalziel from Joybilee Farm to this space! She was kind enough to send us a post for after the baby is born but we loved it so much that we just couldn’t wait to share it with you til June.

Be sure to check out her blog and get your hands on a copy of her awesome free ebook, 4 Keys to Food Security and Homestead Abundance today! I’ll leave you in Chris’s very capable hands, I’m heading out to give my seedlings a few of her treatments! Thanks again Chris!

Bean sprout cc Brian Giesbrecht

Damping-off disease is the number 1 cause of failure

Starting seedlings indoors in the early spring can give you a jump start on your gardening season. It saves you money, when you can buy seeds in February instead of investing in bedding plants in April or May. You can plant specialty varieties adapted to your growing season and climate, guaranteeing a successful crop, rather than buying generic nursery plants that may or may not be adapted to your growing condition.

The biggest draw back with starting seeds indoors is the lack of air circulation and direct sun. Combine that with the high humidity and warmth necessary for sprouting seeds, and you have the perfect environment for damping-off disease. Damping-off disease is the number 1 cause of bedding plant and

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Giant Gardening Giveaway!

By Dani Meyer, on March 10th, 2013
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Happy Sunday friends! I know we don’t normally post on the weekends and we are out in the garden all day today. But I tore myself away for a few quick minutes to let you know about the giant gardening giveaway that is happening this week!

Crazy cool….I totally wish I could enter it! Check it out and be sure to visit all the great blogs that are participating!

Enter the Giveaway!

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Introducing the Homestead Resource Guide Link Ups!

By Dani Meyer, on March 1st, 2013
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We are super excited this morning to share with you a project that has been in the works for some time now. Ever since we started our little homestead I have longed for a resource that would help us answer specific questions about raising and cooking with all the different fruits and vegetables.

It can be so confusing when you are first getting started to know which plant reacts best to certain circumstances and how to pick out best varieties etc. Not to mention trying to come up with a creative idea for what to do with you 300th zucchini of the season!

I have been trying unsuccessfully to compile all this data myself and realized a while back that this is silly to even try. There are SO many different great ways of doing things, SO many great plant varieties and countless different climates and circumstances that every gardener faces.

I realized I could NEVER even scratch the surface of covering all this in my limited amount of time and energy. Trying to test and perfect enough recipes to create this kind of resource is also a lifetime project for one person.

So today we are bringing the best resource we know of to you…..the homesteading and foodie communities!

If you have been in these communities for even a short while you have quickly realized that these people are AMAZING. They are filled with a wealth of information

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2012 Recap and 2013 Farm Goals

By Dani Meyer, on January 30th, 2013
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As a new year comes into full circle (how are we already coming into February already?!?) we have been doing lots of evaluating for the upcoming year. With new baby on the way we are trying to be realistic while also making progress forward in line with our values. Last year was really a preparation year on the farm which we knew going into it. This year we are already seeing great results from our patience. It can be a little discouraging to see how much work we still have to do so I thought it would be fun to take some time and recap some of our successes this year too.

2012 Goals We Accomplished!!

Keep meat rabbits alive. 

Turns out this was no small feat in Georgia. We lost two of our first rabbits to the neighbors dogs. Two to heat stroke.

Daily frozen two liter water bottles and plenty of shade turned out to be the trick to keeping our last rabbit alive through summer. Oh and hauling the neighbors dog to the local shelter.

Take a rabbit litter through birth, adolescent and processing.

We will have an in depth post up tomorrow on our experience! I’ll be sure to

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