Growing Goji Berries: What Worked, What Failed, and Why I Still Plant Them
When I first heard about growing goji berries, I thought it was one of those internet fads. You know superfood this, miracle berry that. My wife saw them in some…
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The Best Place to Plant a Berry Tree (From a Guy Who Screwed It Up More Than Once)
I’ll be honest right from the start. The first berry tree I ever planted? Dead in less than a year. I stuck it in the lowest corner of my yard…
My Wild Ride with a Small Septic System: What I Did Right, What I Screwed Up, and What I’d Tell Any Friend
When I first messed around with the idea of putting in a small septic system on my homestead, I thought it was gonna be easy. Dig a hole, drop a…
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 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.…
My Backyard Zoo: What I’ve Learned Raising Small Animals in Urban Homesteads
I still remember the first time I brought home chickens in a cardboard box. My wife said, “Are you serious right now?” I was. Two hens and a dream. That…
My Start With Balcony Gardening And All the Dumb Things I Did
I’ll be real with you when I first tried a Balcony Gardening , I had no idea what I was doing. I thought, How hard could it be? Dirt seeds,…