Uncharted Heritage

A couple of weeks ago I shared our tentative plan for companion planting in our garden. Now it is time to decide just where in our yard we will place each of these sections of vegetable combinations, and to make preparations to actually start planting. Time for a little more research... I learned which plants can and...

This year we are going to try companion planting. One of the benefits of companion planting is protection from pests and diseases when planting in the right combinations. I have been studying the vegetable companion guide in Storey's Basic Country Skills (picture below), as well as various online resources. To...

I debated about whether or not I wanted to share this. But this is part of our homesteading experience, so I am going to journal it. Maybe someone else is having the same issues? Maybe things can work out differently for them? When we first got our chickens a year ago, we picked up six of the "Sex-Link (Female) Tetra...