Millennial homesteaders pursuing a compassionate & connected life on a plant based hobby farm
The perfect recipe for turning your homegrown tomatoes into tomato paste that you can preserve and use all winter long! With this tomato paste recipe, you can make ketchup, BBQ sauce, chili, stews, and yummy sauces with the delicious flavor of homemade tomatoes even while it's snowing outside. This tomato paste recipe does NOT call…
Continue reading ➞ Tomato Paste Canning Recipe using Homegrown Tomatoes
Grow food as a total beginner to gardening and in a small space! This Square Foot Gardening Guide will walk you through an easy method to learn how to garden, and provide you with free resources and materials to get started. Did you know you can grow a lot of food even in a really…
Continue reading ➞ A Complete Guide to the Square Foot Gardening Method
Dairy Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Plant-based. Allergens: contains peanuts & wheat I'm a big fan of veggie burgers, but there are plenty of sub-par options out there. Recently the Impossible Burger (Impossible Whopper) and Beyond Meat burger have taken over the veggie burger scene, and for good reason! They're full of flavor, weirdly meat-like, and becoming…
Continue reading ➞ Better than the Impossible Burger | Farm to Table Beet Burgers
In the homesteading world, vegans and vegetarians are kind of like buried treasure. Their social media accounts are hard to find, but when you do come across them, they're never disappointing. These 8 accounts touch on a variety of different topics from gardening, to ethical animal husbandry, to permaculture, and farm animal rescue. What is…
Continue reading ➞ 8 Vegan or Vegetarian Homesteading Instagram Accounts to Follow
Well friends, we started another exciting adventure! We bought a 1969 Vintage Airstream Trailer, and we will be completely renovating it over the course of the next couple of years. Think we're crazy? I won't argue with you on that one. Time to start renovating a tiny home on wheels! https://youtu.be/Tcn6aXuwfHw Watch us pick up…
EXTREME GARDEN MAKEOVER SERIES | EPISODE 1 This garden makeover is the first in a series called Extreme Garden Makeover. The goal of this series is to inspire people to create beautiful and productive gardens where they can grow as much food as possible. This series is not just about making beautiful spaces that look…
Continue reading ➞ A Community Garden Transformation You Won’t Believe
This year we have jumped into a whole new way of gardening, and it has changed my entire perspective on how to grow healthy and abundant crops. Today, we’re going to talk about no-till gardening, and I will cover four different no-till methods you can use, and their pros and cons. The Problem with Tilling…
Well friends, I have a new obsession. I am completely obsessed with this really awesome permaculture way of gardening. As an added bonus, it's the most fun word to say! Especially if you attempt a German accent. So what is my new obsession? Well, you found this post so you already know. Today we're going…
Continue reading ➞ Step by Step Guide for Building a Hugelkultur Garden Bed
This post contains Amazon affiliate links, I receive a small amount of compensation if you choose to purchase from any Amazon links. I can't even count the number of times people ask us "where do you get your protein?" being that we are vegetarian and dairy-free. The answer? All kinds of things! Beans, peas, greens,…
Continue reading ➞ Protein in the Garden?! Plant Based Protein You Can Grow in Your Backyard
The holidays are here! It is the perfect time to find a gift for the hobby gardener you love. There are options at any budget, and even DIY options. Below you will find 21 gift ideas for someone you love, who also happens to love being in the garden! These 21 gift ideas will make…
Continue reading ➞ 21 Gift Ideas for the Gardener in Your Life
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