Review of “Rebuilding the Foodshed” I’ve just finished reading “Rebuilding the Foodshed” by Phillip Ackerman-Leist. For me, the next best thing to actually doing something is researching how to do it. While we work on making Tanglefoot habitable, I’m reading, learning new skills, and dreaming. For a while now, I’ve had this sort of inchoate […]
The Twelve Permaculture Principles
During our homesteading adventures, I came across a thing called “Permaculture.” I have to say, Everything about it makes sense! I’m excited to use these permaculture principles and techniques on our homestead. So excited that I took an “Intro to Permaculture” class this summer. I’m signed up for the complete Permaculture Design Course through Oregon […]
Queen Bri’s Beekeeping Class
When we move out to Tanglefoot Farm I plan to start an apiary, for many reasons. First, I want to help the bees. Bees are important; no bees, no humans. Secondly, I want pollinators to help me grow food on the farm. While some plants can grow without bees, all plants have higher yields if […]
Why I Chose Homesteading
On Becoming a Homesteader I’m really a rookie when it comes to this homesteading thing. After years of living in suburbia, we bought a few acres off of a county road, and are building our forever home there. Homesteading is something I’ve been dreaming of for a while, and that dream is finally becoming our […]
Produce Storage the Right Way
The thought of freshly harvested vegetables is very appealing & I look forward to either growing my fown fresh produce, or finding it at a local market. However, as a former frozen-is-best kind of girl, I found out that produce storage isn’t as simple as stuffing it in the crisper. Rules. There are rules for […]
Grow a Garden: Homesteading 101
Homesteading This is the Absolom Autrey (Autry) Dog trot cabin, now a museum, in Selma, Louisiana. It was built in 1849 by my many-times-great-uncle, back when homesteading wasn’t a lifestyle choice, but the only choice for survival. On their two hundred acres, they grew cotton and corn for cash and grew a vegetable garden, raised livestock, […]
