This family is truly an inspiration, showing that you don’t need 100 acres, a cow or even gardening skills, but you can still succeed with traditional homesteading skills. They age their own cheeses, they butcher and process animals, they make salami and dried cured meets, they brew beer, they ferment veggies, they make yogurt, and […]

It was Esther’s turn to teach at our homeschool co-op last week. This video is the result:

The wheat berries are organic hard white wheat. To soak: Put 3 cups wheat berries and 3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar in a glass dish. Cover with water and let sit overnight or for about 12 hours. Rinse grains using a fine mesh strainer and allow to dry COMPLETELY before grinding into flour. (Wet grain […]

Have you ever wondered how to work in the rain properly? Find out now:

FARMER TO FARMER: Salsa kitchen & Farm:

In this episode, John will give you a tour of the P.E.A.S. organic community farm and share with you some of the easiest edible plants you can grow in Austin, Texas with little upkeep. You will also discover several ways to eat more of your kale as well as how you can make pasta noodles […]

Joey gives tips on planting corn for best success, no dig potatoes planting and making a trellis for peas.

“Conventional” agriculture requires ever-increasing inputs and energy into the system to maintain production, while natural systems reduce the disturbances in the system, while increasing production. Historically, soil science ignored or dismissed soil life as important, in a large part because the methods used to study organisms in soil were mis-leading, inaccurate and missed about 99% […]

How to plant a back to Eden garden:

In this episode, John builds a raised bed garden on a budget and with no tools (except a scissors) and shares with you in detail how you can start growing your own food today without any prior experience. John will share with you many tips in this epsiode which will be especially helpful for beginners […]