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We got a nice enough day for me to get out and take a closer look at my kale that got damaged by a turn from warm early spring like weather, to -15c overnight temperatures. Our Winterbore kale is very cold hardy, and normally wouldn’t have issues with this weather, but we had some die…
With the end of the 2017 garden season, Ian and Serina are getting excited for next year and all their new plans. We have a lot of construction jobs on the books for spring, and a front yard food forest makeover. Also a raised bed garden extension, and best of all – CHICKENS! So, if…
Here’s our story. We haven’t always been living the homestead style life. We used to dream about living off the grid. Get a feel for our urban homestead and learn about what lead us to the decisions we made in regards to homesteading, and why we provide value to our viewers.
Why do we not grow purple carrots? Because we are all about easy to grow, high yield crops! And I would much rather get 10lbs of carrots than 2 fancy lbs. Join Serina as she thins a fall garden bed, and talks about some of the ideas behind what we grow and why. I also…
We are drowning in Eggplants, so we need to start freezing them. In this video we pick and prepare our over production, and prepare it for storage. Also in this video is the most delicious eggplant sandwich known to mankind, which consists of – eggplant fried in oil till browned – balsamic vinegar reduction -…
A tour of our recently completed greenhouse. We built it for 800 dollars, using simple materials and chainlink fencing supplies. It has roll up sides to allow air flow and keep it from over heating in the summer, automatic windows to open in the morning, and drip irrigation to automate the watering. It was simple…
We are starting a weekly series all about learning how to ferment! Every week we will be researching and trying out a new fermentation recipe, and giving you an update on the progress of our past ferments. Watch me learn from the beginning, or better yet, get in on the fun and ferment along with…
Serina left some garlic to go to seed. See what scapes turn into at a few different steps in their maturity. A few different heads get dug up, and you can see how pathetic the results are. Learn the ins and outs of how NOT to grow garlic from seed, lol. I mean, we are…
Serina demonstrates our process for harvesting the onion seeds from our Walking Onions, and how easy it is to plant our raised beds.
