Gardening is a big part of homestead life, particularly when you have a family of 14 to feed, and like to share with others! We’ve started from minimal experience, and would love to share the pitfalls and successes we’ve had to help you in YOUR gardening efforts.
Back at it, again, Readers! I’m excited to be writing blogs again. I have a huge list of things I can write about, that I’ve done and experimented with over the last few years. I may have stopped writing, but I never stopped learning and growing. Like I said yesterday, …
Hello, Readers! Handyman here, again. I haven’t written a blog in years, but I haven’t stopped improving/trying new things every year; and I have quite a bit to share with you. I’m changing the way I blog, in a good way for you guys, I hope. I’m going to write …
Hello, Readers! First off, I would like to apologize for being away from the blog for the last six weeks. Things have been extremely busy for me, but that’s not an excuse. I will do better. And it is obvious it’s time for some Zion Family Homestead catch up! I …
Hello, readers! Handyman here again. This week I was going to write about whether to prune or not to prune your vegetable plants. However, I was doing something in my garden this week that changed my mind. So instead, I’m going to write again about how great raised garden beds …
Hello, readers! Do you want to maximize and improve your garden yield? Handyman here to give you 7 tips to help increase your garden yield. If you want to make the most of your vegetable garden space in production, then this post will help you to achieve just that. I do …
Hello, readers, Handyman here again! This time I’m here to let you know there are only, as of this post, 131 days left in the growing season. At least for my area. This means it’s not too late for planting! Check out this link to Dave’s Garden to figure out …
Hello, Readers! Handyman here to talk about eating organic. What’s all the fuss about organic food? Does it really affect us enough to worry about? You bet it does! Are you suffering from headaches or nausea (or both)? Are you constantly out of energy? Do you find yourself battling weight …
Hello, readers! Handyman here, again. This time I’m bringing you an idea of Perfection’s, so you know it’s bound to be a good one. One day she was searching the web and the idea popped into her mind that we should build an A-frame trellis for our peas AND our …
Hello, Readers, Handyman here! Today, I’m excited to bring you a wildly successful compost tea recipe, as promised! You won’t want to break out the fine china for this one… In this post, I’ll be going over where I got my recipe, the actual recipe with instructions, why each ingredient …
Hello, readers! Handyman here with some quick tips and resources on how to plan your garden. Do you feel like you’re already too far behind to get your garden started this year? Well, you’re not! There are plenty of growing days left in the season to successfully plan your garden. …
