Homesteading & Gardening In The Suburbs With Misfit Gardening

It isn't too late for your garden plan!  Find out how this tool helps and some things you might want in your garden plan. Build your seed starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit Are you heading to a seed swap?  What are you sharing?  Let me know and connect with other misf...

If dry weather or troubles watering your garden are on your mind, in today's episode we dig into gardening without watering! Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit Do you garden with low water inputs?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders:  Join the Facebook Group       Always e...

We're learning to grow from seed to saving seed and in this episode, we're talking about how to grow an overlooked root vegetable that stores very well over winter in a root cellar!  Meet the humble rutabaga and learn how to grow this crop, how we use it in the kitchen, and even how to save the seeds to grow again. Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my hom...

Let's talk about how to grow onions!  Often used in the kitchen but sometimes a bit difficult to grow, in this podcast we're going to talk about: onion types how to grow managing disease sowing seeds saving seeds Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What variety are you growing?  Let me know and connect with...

Sometimes vegetables are dropped from a seed catalog because they aren't popular for gardeners to buy.  Maybe it is because we don't know how to use it in the kitchen, maybe it's difficult to grow, or maybe it's because it looks weird and ugly.  In this episode, we're talking about how to grow one vegetable that's dropping from the seed catalog availability. Support the podcast at no additional co...

If you are itching to get planting your garden listen in to learn how to protect your plants from the cold and avoid a mistake I made using frost protection! Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit How do you protect your plants from frost and cold weather?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners a...

There might be snow on the ground but it is seed-starting season indoors!  Get a jump on the growing season and find out what seeds you can sow right now! Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you sowing right now?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders:  Join the Faceb...

Learning about saving seeds can be a great way to help preserve historic varieties and save money with your gardening hobby.  In this episode, we talk about some considerations you need to think about when planning your garden to eat and saving your favorite varieties. Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit Wh...

In today's episode, I'll be talking through some planned improvements here on the homestead and some upcoming gardening experiments and trials...2023 is going to be a busy year here but I hope that some of these activities inspire you to think about improvements you can make to your backyard and perhaps even encourage you to try something new in your garden. Support the podcast at no additional co...

In this episode, we talk a bit more about zones and how they can vary.  We also talk about what stacking is in permaculture and how we can leverage it in our design. Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you designing for on your homestead?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and hom...

In this episode, we dig in to learn about the permaculture principles and some examples for your homestead and find out about permaculture zones. Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you designing for on your homestead?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners and homesteaders:  Join the...

It's time for a mini-training series!  We are digging into permaculture step by step over the next few weeks to help you create a permaculture design to use on your homestead! Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you doing to prepare for winter?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardeners a...

Get more from your garden by being able to maximize your yields in small spaces and in any garden! See how to save time and up your seed-starting and garden planning by building your seed-starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you doing to prepare for winter?  Le...

Some gardening tips haven't changed in over 100 years, while others definitely have!  Here are some old-time tips for your homestead and garden. See how to save time and up your seed-starting and garden planning by building your seed-starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit...

Wrap your garden up for winter and see the simple steps to help you spring into action next season! See how to save time and up your seed-starting and garden planning by building your seed-starting schedule step by step:  Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you doing to prepare for winter?  Le...

Even though fall is here, there's still some planting that can be done in the garden!  See what you can plant and what you can overwinter to grow again! See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homestea...

Winter is on the way!  Find out how to get your garden ready for the next season and how to make more plants for free in this episode. See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are...

As your garden comes to an end for the season, it is a good time to reflect on what grew well, what didn't, and some possible changes for your garden the following year.  In this episode, I talk about somethings that did well and didn't do so well here in my new garden. See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step:   Here S...

You can save seeds quite easily from your own plants in your garden.  If you want to reduce the seeds you are buying and start gardening more self sufficiently then here are some easy plants to save seeds from! See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step:   Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what...

No matter how much I experiment and try something new in the garden, I always seem to find my way back to gardening like this.  Learn how to start a garden with very little and some benefits to gardening in this way! See how to save time and up your seed starting and garden planning by building your seed starting schedule step by step:  Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see...

I didn't grow up in a homesteading or farming family but I learned so much from my grandparents when I was younger.  Here are 10 depression-era tips I learned from my grandparents that I use on a regular basis as a homesteader. See how to build your seed starting schedule step by step:  Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit...

August is a busy time in the garden and around the homestead, learn 11 tasks for August to help you keep your homestead on track! Build your seed starting schedule step by step:  Here Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What are you doing on your homestead?  Let me know and connect with other misfit gardene...

Farmers do an amazing job.  Growing food isn't an easy task and during Maine's Open Farm Day I had an opportunity to walk farms and talk to the farmers who grow food for their communities and share their knowledge with anyone who is interested!  Here are 5 things I learned from farmers. Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My H...

Pests are a pain to deal with, but they are inevitable in the garden.  Today. let's talk about some control methods you can use in the garden to help keep pests in check. Mentioned in the episode: Bt is Bacillus thuringiensisis.  A bacteria that is used to control caterpillars. My microbiologist friends are probably glad I didn't try to pronounce it :D Support the podcast at no additional cost to...

The summer is busy in the garden but in July and August, there are some steady garden chores you can do from taking care of the soil to cane fruit.  See how you can help your garden grow! Support the podcast at no additional cost to you and see what tools I use on my homestead: My Gardening Kit My Homesteading Kit What's growing in your garden right now?  Let me know and connect with other misfit...