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Though Hugelkultur is a very low maintenance method of permaculture gardening, there are a few things you have to do throughout the year. So right now, as autumn draws to an end, it’s about time we prepared our garden for the winter, using a simple technique called: Chop and Drop!
We pick turnips and turnip greens and cook them up for lunch!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Appalachia’s Homestead! xoxo Enjoy & Thanks for watching! Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share! ~ Patara’s Social Media: ~Facebook: https://goo.gl/6Sf4II ~Instagram:https://goo.gl/PjL8qp ~Blog: http://appalachiashomestead.blogspot.com ~The Great Appalachian Homesteading Conference Facebook Page: https://goo.gl/CmLAOm ~ TICKETS for The Great Appalachian Homesteading Conference HERE: https://goo.gl/inF0gJ…
I am cleaning out the chicken coop and using the hay to mulch around the broccoli plants. Mulching and fertilizing at the same time.
What better way to celebrate our first Christmas in our new home, then a Christmas tree from our own forest!
I use the pine shaving bedding from our rabbit cage to mulch around the broccoli plants and fertilize them.
Here are my tips for how I grow lots of cucumbers in just a few raised garden beds. I also demonstrate how I pickle cucumbers in a large crock pot lacto fermentation style with a simple recipe included. Fermenting crock used in video can be purchased on Amazon here: https://bit.ly/2hLaekY Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook:…
The temperatures were supposed to drop into the low to mid twenties for two nights straight so we tried to protect our garden!
Property overgrew badly while I was ill for several months. Starting over.
UPDATE – Here’s a video of our results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhpvMg5d1OM Fall is garlic planting season in Canada, so we took what we learned about the Ruth Stout method and customized it for a 260 plant garlic garden!
Being a woman is one thing. Being a mom is another. Throw in being a homesteader and you have one big super hero. However, there are seasons in everything we do. Go at YOUR pace. Work your farm. Be proud of all you have going on. It’ll all work out, mama. I promise! You can…
Pinto Beans=Hillybilly Pride! One bag of beans can help you create an endless run of meals. You can literally stretch one straight to another, feed your family many times and even feed the chickens! It’s a beautiful thing. Just be willing to think outside the box. Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo ~ Like, Subscribe,…
If you are looking for some of the best homesteading books particularly on raising chickens, here are some of my top recommendations. They are all by the incredible Ms. Gail Damerow no less! Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo ~ Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share with friends! ~Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens: http://amzn.to/2gtcZXX ~The Chicken…
In this video we visit the chickens, gather the eggs, weigh the eggs, and enter the amount into our records.
In this video, I explain how I set my brooder up and transfer newly hatched coturnix quail chicks from the incubator to the brooder. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
This VLOG covers the vegetable garden, poultry pen, orchard, and a DIY job on our front outdoor staircase. The the patch I’m planting more Asian Greens, down the back one of our hens has gone missing, in the orchard I’m trying to save a dying avocado tree, and out the front I’m fitting the tops…
Since so many are asking, a brief homestead health update for you! THANK YOU so much for all the helpful comments and input about James. We press forward in our situation. You guys are just amazing all the time. Good friends make all the difference! P.S. Be sure to catch that piano playin’ at the…
After spending our summer building labor-intensive hugelkultur mounds, we decided to try our hands at a MUCH simpler form of permaculture, using the Ruth Stout Method: Simply growing our food in hay!
Homesteading is not a game and you must be willing to do a large amount of homework to find out what works best for you. You have to be willing to really dive in and evaluate what are the “do’s & don’t’s” so you do not overspend money, lose animals, get injured or have a…
So many chores, expansions and time with the animals. It is certainly always busy, but such a good life! Cochise, our Great Pyrenees, requires an enormous amount of commitment but has done exceptionally well with his 2 years of training. If you are interested in owning an LGD, please do your homework on true breeds…
A short clip of the cosmos from the garden. I just got a new camera that shoots in 4K so let me know what you guys think of the video quality. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
Today we harvested and weighed our mustard greens that were pretty enough to eat. We pulled the rest and gave them to the chickens.
This video shows how I grow my potatoes in a raised garden bed with a thick woodchip mulch to see if there are any major improvements in growth or harvest when woodchip is used. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie…
An honest conversation here. The main point of this Vid is to always do what works best for you and your farm. What others do should never effect how you run your homestead. Raising your own food sources is a serious commitment in all ways. While it may be true that you may not necessarily…
A simple Thanksgiving on our Mountain Top Homestead! Thank you for coming along on the journey! Hope you had a wonderful holiday! Turkey Too is one lucky bird. Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo ~ Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share with friends! Patara’s Social Media: ~Facebook: https://goo.gl/6Sf4II ~Instagram:https://goo.gl/PjL8qp ~Blog: http://appalachiashomestead.blogspot.com ~The Great Appalachian Homesteading Conference…
We take a walk around the garden on November 23, 2016 to make a video record of what we have planted.
Here’s how to grow a ton of carrots in just one small round raised garden bed. Plus, I give several of my carrot growing tips! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Time to finalize the winterizing of our Back to Eden Garden that is still producing a tremendous amount of tomatoes and basil! We got a tremendous amount of work done and enjoyed a little help from our special friends. Chickens are the perfect gardening companions! Enjoy & thanks for watching! ~ Like, Subscribe, Comment &…
I check the vegetable patch to find our perennial capsicum plant branches have broken in the wind! Oh the horror! So, I go about fixing the problem and chat a bit about growing them and cucumbers in a raised garden bed. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-…
In this video I show one of the methods I use to rest a garden bed and control weeds in the vegetable garden. Plus, I chat about collecting seeds, the transition from spring to summer and more! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit…
