It’s been a while since I talked much about our hugelkulture fortified greenhouse experiment.  This last season has seen some significant changes in the old…

The treatment and curing of the ill and infirm is a long standing tradition within the Catholic faith.  The ability to propagate and properly administer herbal remedies is a homesteading stalwart.  I recently stumbled onto a series of articles documenting the Monastic tradition of herbalism from medieval times that continues to this day.  I thought it was interesting so I figured I’d share….hope you find it as informative as I have

Well now that Spring has finally arrived up here on the homestead in North-Central Idaho the grass is growing and the apples are finally starting…

It’s getting to be that time of the year when things are really starting to thaw out up north here and getting out to work…

I stumbled on this fine example of what a forest type garden can look like.  With a little planning and properly timed disturbance this style…

If you want more production with less work try out using permaculture tree guilds to lay our your next planting. Learn how to have healthier plants with no weeding or fertilizing all the while harvesting more!

I wrote a while back about our battle with thistles on the homestead.  One of my strategies for dealing with them on a small scale…

Here is the promised video update of our greenhouse and a couple of the hugelkulture berms.  We had some setbacks in the greenhouse that delayed…

I know it’s been a while since we’ve put out some content, so I thought it would be appropriate to start things off again with…