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Episode-2466- Half Acre Homesteading – Part One – The Garden

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Okay I called today’s show “Half Acre Homesteading” because marketing.  The use of two words in a 2-3 word phrase is good at grabbing attention, think “Taco Tuesdays” or anything in that vein.  You don’t need a half acre to make today’s show work for you,  you can do most of this on even a postage stamp lot, many do.  Likewise even if you have a lot more land, then this is what we call zone one design.

Creation of a 1/20th – 1/2 acre system that you spend the majority of your activity on and hence it is ultra productive and gives you the greatest ROI on your efforts.  I will be covering techniques, varieties of vegetables and perennials, tools, etc. today but it is also a lot about how to think about the concept of small property homesteading.  Today we start with part one of a multi part series on this subject and cover annual gardening.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Intro Segments
    • YouTube Channel of the Week
    • Come Hang out at My Place on Saturday
  • The Concept of Homesteading Applied to Small Properties
  • The primary things you can get from a homestead
    • Fruits and vegetables
    • Meat and protein
    • Herbs and medicines
    • Fibers and materials
    • Income
  • There are many ways to garden, which is best for you?
  • Things I tend not to grow and the reasons for that
  • Crops everyone should consider
    • Beans
    • Tomatoes
    • Peppers
    • Egg Plant
    • Some variety of squash or edible gourd
    • Sweet Potato
    • Greens of Various Types Some Great Ones Include
      • Swiss Chard
      • Beets
      • Spinach
      • Lettuce
      • Amaranth
      • Kales and Cabbage
      • So many are over looked
    • Daikon Radish
    • Potato
    • Cucumber
    • Replants – Green Onion, Celery, etc.
  • Preserving the Harvest
    • Dehydrating
    • Canning
    • Flash Freezing
    • Fermenting
    • Pickling
    • Root cellaring or “shelf storage”
  • Fertility is the Key to Everything
    • Compost
    • Mulch
    • Protect Soil
    • Use Good Organic Fertilizers
    • If You Have to Screw it and Use 10-10-10
  • Final Thoughts

 

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Episode-2466- Half Acre Homesteading – Part One – The Garden — 3 Comments

  1. There is still a milk man in Lincoln Park MI. Calder Dairy delivers, as they did, starting in 1946. I thought of posting the website but decided the about page and their video was the best to post.

    This man did in 1946, what you tell us all to do every single day. I was going to send you the delivery link but I thought you’d appreciate getting a better picture of Calders with their about page and a video.

    https://calderdairy.com/about-us/

    The video, https://youtu.be/agE1nG_Jofc

  2. There is still a milk man in Lincoln Park MI. Calder Dairy delivers, as they did, starting in 1946. I thought of posting the website but decided the about page and their video was the best to post.

    This man did in 1946, what you tell us all to do every single day. I was going to send you the delivery link but I thought you’d appreciate getting a better picture of Calders with their about page and a video.

    https://calderdairy.com/about-us/

    The video, https://youtu.be/agE1nG_Jofc

  3. Great episode, thanks! Although I’ve been gardening for years, the time has come to simplify and this was a big help.

    I’ve dehydrated eggplant and it gives a good and useful product. Actually, more than one: cubes, disks, or strips. Baba ganoush can be frozen, also. It might get a bit watery but just pour the water off (save it for soup).

    Cucumbers have gone way up on my list of must-grow since learning how good cooked cucumbers are. That was the most common way to serve them a century or more ago. Quickly sautéed with some curry powder at the end: very tasty. And you can use the big ones that way by cutting out the seeds. No more problem of too many cukes! I haven’t yet made a dehydrated cucumber powder but I think that might be very good to season salad dressings, soups, etc.

    thanks again; looking forward to the next installment!

     

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