Pray, Just Plant!

Do you have thoughts or maybe ideas that are stopping you or hindering you from growing your own food? Today we are going to talk to a fellow grower. Her advice and her story are going to show you the steps you need to get started. And you maybe surprised how simple it is. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Sara from the Living Acre Time Stamps Intro- 00:46 Interview- 01:00 Recap- 15:0...

What makes a kitchen a homestead kitchen? Well, truly not much except the unique tools and supplies that are used on a homestead to preserve, harvest, and cook amazingly fresh food. Today in this episode I am going to share with you the basic tools a homestead kitchen should have, a few planning ideas to help you utilize your whole space, and how to make your homestead kitchen more functionable. L...

You are standing in the middle of your kitchen and you are looking in your fridge and looking in your cupboards. You are asking the question, "What is for Supper?" And the solution to that question is meal planning. I know sometimes meal planning can get a bad wrap because it is just too much. But today we are going to talk about the benefits of meal planning and how a meal plan can help...

Growing Food is one thing, but having the ability to walk out to the barn and collect fresh steaming milk is another.  Today we are going to be talking about how you can start. Start a mini dairy and start milking and bringing that fresh from your own homestead to your family's table. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Beyond the Harvest Handbook Red Ridge Farm Master Classes All...

As growers, as homesteaders, as gardeners, you probably have goals. You have big goals, little goals, and goal you want to reach. Maybe you didn't reach them this year. Maybe you are want to reach them next year in 2022. Today we are going to be talking about accomplishing these goals. How to make a list. How to bread them apart. How to make sure that you get your goals done. That you achieve...

Winter is just around the corner and with that comes the greatest season to celebrate Christ, His birth, Christmas!  How do we celebrate with Christ as our focus? How do we bring Christmas back to our Lord and Savior? And avoid some of the modern views of Christmas? That is what we are going to be talking about today. Let's get growing! Quick Links Building Soil Health Guide Show Notes Christ...

Meal planning came be simple. It can be straight forward and easy. You just have to follow the same steps over and over. Yes, rinse and repeat the same steps. Those steps are very simple and I am going to share them with you today. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook Beyond the Harvest Planner Planning Beyond the Harvest eBook Building Soil Health Gu...

Improving your soil starts with you! Want to learn about why you feel that improving your soil is out of your reach? Oh and 7 ways to improve your soil? Then this episode is for you! Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Building Soil Health Guide Dirt: Finding the Solution to Building Soil Health Soil Is Your Foundation Master Class What to Plant In the Fall No Matter What Mid-Summer Gar...

Meal planning can seem like a daunting task but with just the right tools it can be simple and easy to accomplish. That is what we are going to talk about today the tools you need to make a meal plan that is easy, simple, and sure to get done. Let's get growing! Quick Links Soil Health Guide Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook Beyond the Harvest Planner Romans 8: 9-11 Time Stamps Intro 00:40...

You may be surprised as to what the #1 product a homesteader should produce! This product, if managed carefully, can triple your homesteads production! This product is also connect to everything you can grow on your homestead. Want to learn what this #1 product should be? Let's get growing! Quick Links Joel Salatin's Website Building Soil Health Guide Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook...

Are you right about to pick your harvest but are worried about messing it up or wanting to know just the right tips and tricks you can do to make sure the picking of the harvest goes just like you dreamed it did. That is what we are going to talk about today. We are going to talk about why you feel that  heaviness at this point in your growing journey. We are going to talk about some different tip...

Today in this episode we are going to be talking about a Root Cellar.  Is a Root Cellar for you?  Or what type of Root Cellar will work on your homestead? And the ins and outs of the 5 elements a Root Cellar needs, like Humidity, Temperature, Ventilation, Darkness, and Storage.  We are going to walk through all of that. I am going to even share an idea that might be something that you can use inst...

Fall is a very busy time of year. But is all this busyness healthy? Is all this busyness what we need to deal with? Today we are going to talk about how we can kinda negotiate some of this busyness. How we can even make the times we have to be busy still time that we can make  family important. And I am going to share a few tips on how to even avoid some of this busyness. Let's get growing! Q...

Today we are going to talk to a fellow grower, someone just like you. She is going to share with us how to measure success on our growing journey. What is the cost? What are the rewards? And how to find success in the little things. Let’s get growing!  I want to thank Theresa Shaw for joining me in this interview. Her and her family’s growing journey is a blessing for all who hear it. She shares w...

What if I told you by using these tools and three practices that I have shared with you before that you could double or even triple homestead production in just one year. Today you and I are going to be discussing the tools you need to improve your production. By doing those three practices, those three ways that you can improve your grass and thus improve your homestead's production. And thi...

One can not talk about preserving with talking about preserving books. What books we can find, what recipes we can use, all of that! That is what we are going to be talking about today all the list of books that you can use to learn these skills for preserving your food. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes (to find the links to all of these books) Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook “S...

As homesteader, as mother, as women, we have different roles. We have so many things that we do, so many different things we do. But a lot of them aren't fun. Do you have work that is,  that sucks?  Things you don't enjoy doing? Like the dishes, or doing things that are just hard, or you just don't like to do? We are going to talk about that today. We are going to talk about how our...

We have talked about canning. We have talked about other ways to preserve fruits and vegetables. We have even talked about dairy products and eggs. But what about meat? Yes, one third of our diet is meat. So how do we preserve meat so it can continue to fuel us through the winter months and beyond? Let’s get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook “Out of my distress I...

Making a plan is the first step! The next is seeing if your plan was worth while!  That is why a garden audit will help you improve your garden year after year. But what is a garden audit and why is it the key to your garden's success? I can wait to share the answer with you. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Flower Blog “The Spirit of the Lord God is...

What about preserving eggs and dairy products. We have talked about fruits and vegetables. But can eggs and dairy products be stored the same ways? That is what your are going to find out. Let get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning For Beyond the Harvest Handbook Is Canning The Only Ways to Preserve the Harvest? Three River Homestead Egg Storage Video “And you will know the truth, and the tr...

What if I told you, by using these three practices, you could double or even triple your homestead's production in just one year. Today you and I will be discussing the three ways our family has improved Red Ridge Farm Homestead's production without buying more land. The answers may surprise you. Let's get growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook What sho...

Did you know that there are actually, including canning, 8 different ways that you can preserve your harvest? There's low budget ways, there's way that are going to take more time, there ways that may need more knowledge. But there is actually 8 different ways. Today you and I are going talk about each of these different ways and find out which one maybe for you! Let's get growing!...

Have you made the decision as a family to grow a garden together. That is what we are going to talk about today. How to get the kids involved in the garden and maybe how to get those kids to eat some of that garden harvest. Let's get Growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook Building Soil Health Guide The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LOR...

Are you thinking about canning your harvest?? But are unsure if canning is for you. Today you and I are going to walk the the pros and cons of preserving your harvest by canning. Let's Get Growing! Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. ~ John 15:13 Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handbook Time Stamp Intro 00:38 Pro/Con 1-4 01...

By avoiding this mistake you might find yourself enjoying the taste of a Summer tomato this January. You and I are going to talk about taking the guessing out of harvesting, preserving your harvest and getting your garden harvest on your family's plates. An how to avoid this very common garden planning mistake. Let's Get Growing! Quick Links Show Notes Planning Beyond the Harvest Handboo...