A blog about creating a homestead with gardening and home crafts.
Time to read: 5 minutes Homesteading Life Skills: Embarking on a Journey Towards Self-Sufficiency In modern life, convenience is often valued above all. However, a growing number of individuals are taking a step back and rediscovering the profound satisfaction and personal growth that comes from adopting a homesteading lifestyle, whatever home/life circumstances they find themselves... Continue Reading →
3 minute read The end of Summer is the perfect time to harvest your garden or allotment crops and to consider what could be saved to be enjoyed later. This year, as well as growing produce that can be enjoyed seasonally, I made the decision to plant a few things that can be preserved and... Continue Reading →
Time to read 2 mins We use a lot of herbs in our cooking and drinks. To save space in the greenhouse and the garden, I use this vertical herb planter (Amazon affiliate link which means I receive a small percentage of any items purchased through my link). It attaches to any wall and can... Continue Reading →
The potager, kitchen garden, or even the veggie patch is finally ready to receive some of the first set of vegetables that were started at various times in the greenhouse, since February. Preparing the beds In my previous videos Step 1 and Step 2, I detail how I prepare the patch from last year and... Continue Reading →
Time to read 2 minutes So we had some garlic in the pantry which had started to sprout- the organic kind naturally tend to do that in Spring. So rather than rush to use them up, compromising the taste - garlic tends to lose flavour once they begin to sprout, I decided to plant them.... Continue Reading →
When I lived in Spain, my husband and I attended a Spanish cooking class. The chef told us something that really piqued my interest in saffron. He said that saffron is the most valuable- and expensive spice in the world. I went home and investigated and found it to be true. What is saffron and... Continue Reading →
Wasabi is a member of the Brassicaceae family and it is very similar to horseradish. It grows from a rhizome in the earth similar to ginger or turmeric and is commonly eaten and grown in the wetlands of Japan.
Since buying organic fruit and vegetables is way more expensive than the regular range, I thought it would be interesting to actually compare the cost to see if it really works out cheaper to grow your own organic produce. I decided to make the comparison between the humble cucumber and tomato.
Vanilla is an expensive commodity because since there are no natural insect pollinators like the Melipona Bee in other places, vanilla flowers have to be hand pollinated, a very delicate process, in order for each flower to produce any seed pods...
Time to read 7 minutes Once you have taken the time to sow, grow and harvest your own vegetables, it's equally important to know how to conserve and store your produce so you enjoy your harvests well into the winter months. Here are a few tried and tested ways I have stored some of the... Continue Reading →
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