Digging up root vegetables is probably one of the most exciting homestead tasks. The children absolutely love it, and so do we, especially since we get to watch their reactions upon digging. This year the sweet potatoes somehow grew, despite the drought and death of everything else in the garden come July. I am sure…
We harvested sweet potatoes last week. They were the only crop that made it through our hot, dry summer this year. The harvest seems to have been hindered by this year’s weather but even so what a gift it is to have a few boxes curing in the root cellar! And, if you’ve been following…
Read all about our homesteading story and the projects that helped us out along the way in our new book, The Doable Off-Grid Homestead. If you’ve read it, you can now leave a review. If you’ve followed along with this year’s garden posts, you know that pretty much everything from the summer garden, except the sweet potatoes,…
Read all about our homesteading story and the projects that helped us out along the way in our new book, The Doable Off-Grid Homestead. If you’ve read it, you can now leave a review. It has been quite some time since the creeks ran and the ponds filled and the tanks overflowed, but last week all…
