By Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Starting an orchard and growing fruit on your homestead is one of the most rewarding of our food production. But it can also be frustrating if you’ve planted and aren’t getting any fruit or a low harvest. We’ll talk about the proper steps to ensure a good harvest when putting in an orchard and how […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food , Vegetables
Container gardening for vegetables, herbs and flowers isn’t what we typically think of when we imagine growing enough of our own food to take us through a year or do a lot of preserving. Self-sufficiency wise, we think of large fields or at the very least, large garden plots. But container gardening should definitely have […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food , Vegetables
Perennial plants can be the secret weapon to increase food production on your homestead with less hands on time. Best part, you can easily sneak them into your landscaping and yard to get a great return and yield of food without nearly the work you’ll put into an annual vegetable garden. But, to get the […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Want to grow your own fruit trees? Today we talk about how to grow fruit trees, how to avoid costly mistakes with fruit trees, and how to know which fruits are right for your area and when to plant where you live. I post new episodes on Friday mornings. You can subscribe via RSS and […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
Late winter and early spring are the time to plant fruit trees and bushes. While I love my veggie garden, there is a beauty in only having to plant something once and being able to harvest if for years to come. Can I get a holler? No, sheesh, this is exciting stuff, okay, at least […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
How to Prune Blueberries It seems so contradictory to cut off branches in order to get more fruit, but that’s exactly what we need to do with our fruit trees, especially blueberry plants. Pruning blueberries is slightly different than pruning fruit trees, though some of the principals remain the same. I can’t help but think […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
Learn how to plant strawberries with these 5 tips for berry success. Nothing says summer to me quite like a fresh ripe strawberry. They’re as good fresh as they are baked into desserts. And to ensure you have a lovely crop come summer, now is the time to get planting. One of the great things about […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
It’s time to learn how to prune raspberries. Late winter and early spring is when you want to care for your raspberry and blueberry plants to get them ready for their harvest season come summer. Learn how to prune blueberries for a larger harvest here. How to Prune Raspberries You need to determine which […]
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