Author: John Morphis
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How to get started Homesteading today
So you’ve chosen that homesteading sounds good to you, now what? How would can you decrease your reliance on the emotionally supportive networks of modern society? Start homesteading today! The principal question to ask yourself is why do I want to homestead? Know your inspiration. Much the same as perusing a destination, you need to…
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The Top Homesteading Skills that you need to know
What ever happened to all of the things our grandparents used to do? There are many skills our grandparents had that have been lost today. Various homesteading skills are lost on the modern city dweller. Providing food and water for yourself are absolutely crucial. Knowing things like how to collect and purify water, from any…
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Southwest Chicken Alfredo
Southwest Chicken Alfredo..wait, hear me out. Who wants to eat the same thing over and over? — The answer is no-one! I feel like sometimes when we are going about our week dealing with our busy schedule of softball, blogging or gardening among other things, we can often fall into the habit of eating the…
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Why organic gardening?
Why organic gardening? Why is everyone talking about organic gardening? A natural vegetable garden is effectively inside the grip of any green fingered wannabe. It is common knowledge that vegetables are great for your well-being. You should shape your diet around fresh fruits and vegetables. Naturally grown vegetables (developed normally without using pesticides or chemical fertilizers)…
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Seed Starting Mix
Seed Starting Mix Starting plants from seed is fun, and it’s also a huge money saver. When I talk about starting seeds indoors, one of the first questions new gardeners ask me is about the best seed starting mix to use. This is a very important question, because the type of soil you use to…
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Backyard Duck Basics
Every homestead should have some poultry. Whether you are living out your dream on a homestead of twenty acres or on an urban homestead, you need to consider poultry as a great option for you. Chickens have been a favorite for many farmers and homesteaders over the years for the source of homegrown meat and…
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How Much to Plant
How much to plant One of the most commonly asked questions among new gardeners is “how much to plant” of a particular plant in order to have a good harvest. How many bush beans should I plant if I want to put up green beans for the winter? How many tomato plants will give me…
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How to Grow Carrots
How to Grow Carrots By growing varieties suited to your soil, you can grow carrots in spring and fall, and the fall carrots can be left in the ground for harvesting in early winter; providing you with carrots all year round. Learn how to grow carrots with this helpful guide. Farm fresh, sweet, and delicious carrots…
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7 Ways to Conserve Water
One of the most important things that we can try to do is conserve resources. There are a number of different resources that we should be trying to conserve but, water is the most valuable and scarce resource. It’s important for sustaining both the life in the world, and in your garden. It’s a precious thing…
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How to Start Square Foot Gardening
Have you ever wanted to grow a large vegetable garden but don’t have acres of land to work with? Most gardeners don’t know that you can grow a ton of veggies in a small amount of space using the Square Foot Gardening method. This method is one of the easiest ways to grow a herb and vegetable garden…
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The 8 Tips to a Productive Garden
Don’t you want a garden that will produce a bountiful harvest of fresh vegetables but also produce them continuously throughout the season? Follow these tips to have an incredibly productive garden all season long.
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Guacamole Recipe
What’s another fan favorite for the big game? You guessed it –Guacamole! America will consume 53.5 million pounds of avocados this Superbowl Sunday! That’s totally insane! Do not miss out on the fun, get in the game with this fantastic guacamole recipe!
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Grow Perennials
If you could plant something one time and potentially eat from it for a lifetime..Would you do it? It is possible! Here’s how…
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The Best Turkey Chili
If you have been looking for the perfect chili recipe for your big game party, then look no further! This coming Sunday is the Superbowl, the Big Game, the culmination of an entire season of football and everyone is having a party. Here’s the Best Turkey Chili Recipe!
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Raised bed for under $30!
How to start a raised bed garden for under $30…is it possible? Absolutely!Do you want to get started gardening but only have a few bucks to put into it? No problem! I will give you all the information you need to start your very own garden for $30 or less. Where to start with your…
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Double Digging
Want a super productive garden this year? The super simple method of double digging can help you turn a productive garden into a super productive garden. If you have an area of soil that you want to turn into a garden bed with deep, loose soil, then you’ll need to put in some elbow grease and…
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Spring Preparation
Spring Preparation Spring is just around the corner here in North Texas and we have a lot of work to do in the veggie garden. We have seeds being started and so much more. A beautiful day It’s a beautiful Thursday morning here in the Dallas area and I have a few things to do…
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Restaurant Salsa Recipe
Restaurant Salsa: Our Favorite In our house there are few things that we like more than a bowl of fresh made restaurant salsa and some tortilla chips. It does not matter what the occasion; football party, church group get together or just a game night with the family, chips and salsa is definitely the way…
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Chicken Enchilada Soup
Winter is officially here It is Sunday evening, it is cold and windy outside, it has been snowing outside this weekend and all I want to do is stay snuggled up inside. When it is winter time and it is cold outside, it is always great to have some great family favorite recipes that are…
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The year in review
It is almost to the middle of our “winter” here in the north Texas area and we cannot wait for spring to get here so that we can get our veggie patch up and running again. Normally, we are harvesting fresh veggies all the way through winter and on into spring but our crazy weather…