The Homesteading Blog: What's New at Organic Gardening and Homesteading

The Homesteading Blog is a mini-journal about organic gardening and homesteading. Here's some great things it does:

• you find out whenever any new Web pages appear on Organic Gardening and Homesteading, so you can learn new how-to information on self-sufficiency and the homesteading life.
• you'll learn about any new postings to this site without having to come back every few days. Every new page link will be sent directly to you. How cool is that!
• But in order to get those postings, you have to sign up for RSS.
• So what is RSS? It's this great new program that works a bit like email, only better.

You don't have to visit everyone's computer every day to see if they have sent you email, right? Instead, it is sent to you and stored in a special program in your email account. Then, when you're ready to view your email, you open up your account and read.

RSS works the same way.

You download a reader and if you have gmail or a yahoo email account, you can get RSS for free. Then, whenever you see a website you like, you just click on the RSS link. If you have Google, Yahoo or My MSN, it will add the site to your reader automatically. If not, you will have to paste the link to my homesteading blog to your reader.

Try RSS. You're gonna love it! It's a great way to keep up with friends' blogs and great websites like this one!

Homesteading research

I am an avid homesteader, from a line of urban homesteaders. I am going through college, and my major is agriculture. I am trying to compose a thesis on

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Am I planning my garden too early?

Last year I started sowing my seeds in February around Valentines' day, because for my birthday I received some Jiffy planting trays from my wife. I almost

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Baby Chicks and Litter Care

I put pine shaving on the bottom of my box for my 3 week year old chickens and they are eating it. Is this bad for them? Also, someone told me to put

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No Experience, Just a Homesteading Desire

Hi Sue, I am in a funk. I have been for a long time. I think 42 might be old enough to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I have never really

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Future Homesteader

I and my wife have recently purchased a very old farmhouse and 20 acres of land for a very reasonable price. I just want to tell you that I am so very

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Making Cheese - a Great Way to Always Have Cheese on Hand

Making cheese is surprisingly easy and a great way to always have cheese on hand even in emergency situations.

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Saving Seeds for a Self Reliant Garden

Saving seeds is true gardening self reliance. Learn how to save seeds and you never have to rely on outside sources for your vegetables again.

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Heirloom Seeds and Why They Are Important

Heirloom seeds are a wise investment not only in our heritage, but also our health. Here's why.

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How to turn our Urban backyard into a garden?

We live in the city, Lexington, KY and we have grown tomatoes and cucumbers, but most recently tried growing everything from seed. I even tested the

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Build Your Own Home for True Self Reliance

Build your own home and you can cut way back on the expense and get far closer in your goal of self-sufficient homesteading.

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