Arugula Companion Plants : What I Learned the Hard Way Growing Salad Greens
I’ll be honest with you. The first time I grew arugula, I didn’t even know what it was. Some friend gave me a packet of seeds and said, “It’s fancy…
August 2025
Onion Companion Plants: What Worked (and What Failed) in My Garden
Let me tell you a quick story. First time I planted onions, I thought they were the simplest crop on earth. Stick ‘em in the dirt, pull ‘em later, right?…
How to Grow Potatoes from Eyes (The Way I Learned the Hard Way)
If you’ve ever opened your pantry and found old potatoes staring back at you with those creepy little sprouts, don’t throw ‘em out. That’s the start of free food right…
Chicken Nesting Boxes What I Learned the Hard Way (And How You Can Skip the Mistakes)
If you keep chickens for more than five minutes, you’ll learn one big truth: hens are picky about where they lay their eggs. They’ll ignore the expensive box you built,…
My Honest Journey Building an A Frame Chicken Tractor (What Worked, What Flopped, and What I’d Tell a Friend)
I’ll be honest right up front when I first heard about an A frame chicken tractor, I thought, “heck yeah, that’s just a fancy triangle coop on wheels, how hard…
My Gravity Fed Water System: How I Built It, Broke It, and Finally Got It Right
I’ll be honest first time I tried making a gravity fed water system, it leaked more than my old barn roof in spring. I thought, “How hard can it be?…
Raising Bantam Chickens: My Real Backyard Experience (The Good, The Messy & The Tiny Eggs)
You Want To Know How Raising Bantam Chickens worked Alright, you’re probably here ’cause you’re wondering if bantam chickens are worth it. Lemme just say this first: they totally are…
What Are the 12 Principles of Permaculture
This post answers your question what are the 12 principles of permaculture, and shows you how they work on real backyard, urban homestead setups. I’ll share my screw,ups and wins,…
My Honest Journey with Preserving Tomatoes (And the Mess I Made Along the Way)
You ever find yourself staring at a mountain of tomatoes, thinking, “What the heck am I supposed to do with all these?” That was me one summer, maybe eight or…
Backyard Animal Farm: The Good the Bad and the Kinda Gross
Let me tell ya starting a backyard animal farm ain’t always pretty. One time, I walked out in my slippers and stepped barefoot right into a warm, fresh chicken turd.…