5 Lessons Learned my First Year of Hydroponic Gardening

5 Lessons Learned my First Year of Hydroponic Gardening

When taking on something new, you’re bound to learn a few lessons. If you’d like to skip some of my mistakes, here are five lessons I learned in my first year with hydroponics.

Simple DIY Hydroponic Garden Set-Up

Simple DIY Hydroponic Garden Set-Up

Hydroponics, a method of gardening that doesn’t use soil, is easy to set up in your own home. Here’s how we put together our DIY hydroponic garden system, and it’s worked well for our family!

Starting Seeds for Your Hydroponic Garden

Starting Seeds for Your Hydroponic Garden

Ready to get started with hydroponic gardening? Here’s what you need to start seeds in your hydroponic system.

Farmish Chat 006: farm journals and a pretty mouth

Farmish Chat 006: farm journals and a pretty mouth

Audio replay from the Farmish Friday morning 4-15-22 livestream. Topics include farm journals, balance on the farm, and a very pretty mouth.

189: Farmers Markets and What you Should Know

189: Farmers Markets and What you Should Know

Today I talk with Brian from The LOTS Project about his experience being a vendor at several farmers markets. He shares tips and things you should consider before you decide to sell your homegrown/homemade goods at a farmers market.

159: The Truth about Growing Your Own Food

159: The Truth about Growing Your Own Food

Honest talk about growing and raising your own food, as well as a caution to the homesteading community about pride.

139: Starting Seeds – 11 Things I’ve Learned

139: Starting Seeds – 11 Things I’ve Learned

I am not an expert at gardening, nor do I know everything about how to start seeds. But I will share with you 11 things I have learned about starting seeds while we’ve been here at the homestead. Hopefully some of these tips will be 

068: How to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food (with Melissa K Norris)

068: How to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food (with Melissa K Norris)

Many people think I’m a gardener but here on the homestead, the chickens, pigs, ducks, turkeys, and other animals are really my forte. When it comes to gardening, I’m little more than a toss some seeds at the ground and hope for the best kind 

The Only Way a Garden Saves Money

The Only Way a Garden Saves Money

As a homesteader there is nothing more satisfying than looking down at a plate of food you have raised yourself. Don’t you just love when your salad is made of homegrown greens? Or when you’re eating garden fresh salsa made from ingredients you harvested by 

How To Build a Garden Gate

How To Build a Garden Gate

Choosing to fence a garden means you need a gate to get in. Here’s how to build a simple garden gate using a nifty tool called a Kreg Jig.