Natural Farming Comes to the Traditional Catholic Homestead!!!
Natural Farming has come to our Idaho homestead! Last summer I dedicated some time and energy to attending a hands on Korean Natural Farming course…
Idaho Winter Pig Housing….
More adventures in homestead pigs! This time we share a quick shot of how we’re using the 1000 pound straw bales to create temporary housing…
Creating Ruth Stout style garden bed
Fast, Easy, Low Labor Garden Bed, Inspired by Ruth Stout I wrote previously in my post on deep mulch about Ruth Stout, and her gardening…
Kune Kune Pigs Creating a Garden!!!
Pigs are a tremendous help on the homestead if you have the room (they don’t take much)!!! They are probably the most industrious animals we…
Organic Control for Canadian Thistle
How I’m winning the battle against Canadian Thistle invasion! Since we moved onto the new place to create our Traditional Catholic Homestead we’ve been engaged in…
Sustainability is a Losing Battle!
For many folks being sustainable (or living a sustainable lifestyle) and being self-sufficient is their primary goal in homesteading. I feel like having a “mission…
Why my garden looks like a mess!
To many people, my garden just looks like chaos. That is when it is in full swing, right now it mostly looks like a bunch…
How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry (pt. 2)
In part 1 of How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry I addressed a low cost, easy to implement technique for stocking your homestead pantry…
How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry pt. 1 of 2
The sad reality of our modern world is that most people would find themselves in a desperate state should they, for any reason, not be…
Rural Life Prayer for Easter
With Holy Week soon upon us I thought now would be an appropriate time to share a short prayer to be said at Easter with…
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