Millennial homesteaders pursuing a compassionate & connected life on a plant based hobby farm
This post contains Amazon affiliate links, I receive a small amount of compensation if you choose to purchase from any Amazon links. I only link to products that I know and love. March is here, which means you might already be planting your garden! Or, if you are in a northern zone or cold climate…
Continue reading ➞ How to Prepare Your Garden for Spring Planting
Hi friends! Today I want to share a quick tutorial on starting microgreens. Microgreens are a really easy way to grow indoors during the winter, and produce nutrient packed greens to put on salads, sandwiches, bowls, and pretty much everything! They are so delicious, really easy to grow, and can allow you to continue gardening,…
Today's post comes from a very close friend of mine, Hannah Whitney with The Whitney Homestead. Hannah and her husband are starting a small homestead in Southern Maine, along with their yellow lab, Maple, and a baby girl on the way! During her first year gardening, while living in an apartment in a small town, she…
The New Year is always an interesting time. You have people who LOVED the past year, and you also have people just itching for it to be over with. Chris and I are kind of just in the middle, we don't tend to think of time as being confined by years, and mostly take things…
Continue reading ➞ Did we Meet our 2018 Goals? | A Reflection on the Past Year
Good morning friends! Yesterday Chris and I spent most of the day working outside, even though it was windy and in the 30s. We were working on getting a pile of wood chips off of our driveway and into the garden. Well, this morning I woke up to snow falling and a fresh layer of…
Continue reading ➞ Starting a Back to Eden Garden | A No Till Organic Gardening Method
Today is the two year anniversary of when we first moved to the Sunshine Farm. Of course, two years ago it wasn't the Sunshine Farm, it was simply a cute cape cod style home on 12.5 acres, but it held so many dreams! It's funny and crazy to look back at the past two…
Continue reading ➞ Anniversary of the Sunshine Farm! | A Look Back at the Past Two Years
Hi Friends! Today I am going to share some questions and answers all about seed varieties, garden surprises, and my go-to seed companies for organic gardening. I posted a more detailed video yesterday all about this topic as well as an overview of my heirloom seed collection, but I know everyone learns differently, so you…
Hi Friends! I know it has been a long while since my last post, sometimes when there is just so much going on, it is hard to know what to share next. Today I'm going to share our experiences growing, harvesting, eating, and storing the food from our first real garden at the Sunshine Farm.…
Continue reading ➞ Our First Garden on the Farm | Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned
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