Category Archives: Homestead

More than 40 years ago I lived on land out in the country.  In the front yard were two very old apple trees.  One needed to be cut down, which made me sad, but the other flowered and fruited every … Continue reading →

Some things that have made gardening easier this year.  They cost money and you don’t need to spend a lot to get into gardening.  We have tried just about everything up here on the hill and at this point in … Continue reading →

You don’t have to be the perfect gardener.  You don’t have to do everything right. You just have to try. Nobody is as good a gardener as God.  He can make anything grow anywhere he wants.  Just look at these … Continue reading →

I really like drip irrigation.  I also really like fertilizer injectors for the drip irrigation (fertigation).  One of the issues I have is knowing how much to use.  I like to use water soluble fertilizers such as Miracle Gro, Schultz, … Continue reading →

Years ago I went flower shopping for the very first time, best friend in tow.  It was the nursery section of Builder’s Square and I had $20 burning a hole in my pocket.  Flower money, which was also a first.  … Continue reading →

This post will be an instructional post for how I install drip tape irrigation in raised beds.  There are many ways you can do this, I find this method to be effective for me. I use mainly Irritec Perma-Loc drip … Continue reading →

The new garden area we created this year is really doing well.  But it has added a lot of manual watering to our days.  In the new garden area, we have about twenty grow bags of pumpkins and winter squash, … Continue reading →

This has made life a lot easier, a little more complicated sometimes, and overall an investment worth making.

I’ve never had great success growing melons.  Sam was the first person to grow an actual watermelon here.  From a seed that was in a piece of melon from the grocery store.  He was excited about it and asked if … Continue reading →