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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Mariah from Local Earth Studio

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Enrollment for my Resilient Homestead Program is now open!  After working with clients for over a decade, I believe this program is one of the most effective ways of moving out of overwhelm and into action with your site planning process. Through this 4-month online experience (with 1:1 and group elements), I help you develop a comprehensive site plan […]

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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Karleen from Wild Wiggins Homestead

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Enrollment for my Resilient Homestead Program is now open!  After working with clients for over a decade, I believe this program is one of the most effective ways of moving out of overwhelm and into action with your site planning process. Through this 4-month hybrid experience (with 1:1 and group elements), I help you develop a comprehensive site plan

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My Pear Tree Guild

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If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know how much I love food forest systems. While growing tomatoes, peas, squash and other annual edibles is rewarding (and delicious!), there is a different feeling that you get from designing and planting a perennial ecosystem of plants.  When I plant things in my food forest, I’ve

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How I Create Supplemental Feed for my Chickens

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Chickens are one of the easier backyard livestock to have on our homesteads. One issue I’ve always struggled with, however, is buying feed for the chickens. On our homesteads, we’re always trying to close the loop. In other words, working towards importing as little as possible onto our sites over time. With a suburban homestead,

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What I do in January to Prep for the Growing Season

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In my video today, I share the tasks that I typically do in January to prep for the growing season ahead. I call it a very slow easing into gardening mode. After the madness of what our growing season can be, I’m reluctant to ramp things up too soon. So here are the tasks I’m typically doing

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