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Path to Homestead Part 3 (Garden and Harvest Stuff)

This first post is both for my own reference and to chronicle the thought processes, events, choices made, and lessons learned while developing our garden and livestock. The next post in a week will detail the home and barns. There are a million ways to plant crops from raised beds and direct sowing to aquaponics.Continue reading “Path to Homestead Part 3 (Garden and Harvest Stuff)”

Path to Homestead – Part Deux

As the drops of precipitation fell on my hoodie, a thought dawned; water is life, but it also rots wood and erodes foundations. A 100+-year-old farmhouse was stronger at the beginning of this trip than on my first trip. The first trip yielded gutters, sump pumps, and foundation work. The foundation project continues, and weContinue reading “Path to Homestead – Part Deux”