Want to start your own backyard compost bin for amazing, nutrient-rich soil? No problem! Learn how to start a compost pile and build better soil for healthier plants. Coffee filters, eggshells, and dryer lint. Garbage, right? Nope! Not at all! These grubby morsels are … [Read more...] about How to Start a Compost Pile in Your Backyard (For Nutrient-Dense Soil)
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What is a Milpa (Three Sisters Planting) Gardening Technique?
The milpa (AKA Three Sisters Planting) is a traditional and sustainable gardening method that has three plants: corn, beans and squash, which complement each other both in the garden and on the plate. Find out how you can easily incorporate a milpa in your own garden for some … [Read more...] about What is a Milpa (Three Sisters Planting) Gardening Technique?
Our Routine: A Flexible Daily Schedule for the Free-Spirited Family
Good gracious am I ever looking forward to next week. This self-care series has been hard. Good, good stuff that I've worked on changing in my life... but hard stuff. I've been caring myself by becoming more self-disciplined so that I can have the peace in my life and my house that I … [Read more...] about Our Routine: A Flexible Daily Schedule for the Free-Spirited Family
20 Reasons Why I Love Living in a “Tent”
Hey R+H friends! This post is by R+H brand-new contributor, Erin Kelly (watch for her official introduction to come in this weekend's links post!). Please make her feel welcome! When Beth first asked me to be a part of her awesome community over here, I really pondered what you guys … [Read more...] about 20 Reasons Why I Love Living in a “Tent”
A Day In the Life of a Homesteading Mama
We have three daughters, Aneliese (5), Cecily (3), Kathleen (1) and while it may not look like it on paper or on my blog, Becoming Kindred, where I write about our rural, beginner farm life, I feel like our days are in a constant flow of motion. This is us and I think that we clean … [Read more...] about A Day In the Life of a Homesteading Mama
Novice Homesteading: Not Everything is Photo-Worthy
Post by contributor, Marissa Froese We all have dreams, big ones and small ones. One of my big dreams has been to have a little farm with a milk cow, chickens, horses, and pigs. Oh, and a beautiful flower and vegetable garden. I long ago discovered that the realization of dreams … [Read more...] about Novice Homesteading: Not Everything is Photo-Worthy
14 Ways to Be an Urban Homesteader
I live in the suburbs of a city of seven million people. We rent the main part of a house in a solidly middle-class neighbourhood where it's cool to recycle, sure, but anything beyond that is just plain weird. I am the weirdo of the neighbourhood, and I'm ok with that. Being a … [Read more...] about 14 Ways to Be an Urban Homesteader
Farming with Children: Thoughts from a Novice Homesteader
Post by contributor, Marissa. When we moved across the country to a tiny community in rural Nova Scotia, we bought our seven and a half acres with a big old duplex farm house without having seen it other than a video and pictures. With grand - if slightly vague - dreams of our own … [Read more...] about Farming with Children: Thoughts from a Novice Homesteader