Tag: Homesteading
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12 Months of Homesteading Skills
Feeling the pull to homestead, but not in a position to live your homesteading dreams just now? I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I will say it again, homesteading is a lifestyle, not a location. Regardless of where you live, you can start building homestead skills now. As with most anything, it takes time…
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Cover Crops for the Backyard Garden
As a homesteader and home gardener working with a small space, I am always looking for sustainable ways to maximize my garden production. The more I can get out of my little garden, the better! Everything starts with soil health. Healthy soil produces healthy plants. It really is that simple, and that complicated. The thing…
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Linden Bough Homestead
What does it mean to be a homesteader? For years the term “homestead” referred to lands granted through a government land program made possible through the Homestead Acts of the late 19th and early 20th century. The Homestead Acts were a series of laws in the United States which gave citizens or future citizens the…