The Girly Homesteader Podcast: NOT the Typical Homestead Show (Gardening/Seasonal Living/Chickens)

Today's episode covers my goals for the month of September on our homestead. Some of the topics discussed are: fall garden planning, succession planting, canning, soil amending, processing honey, beekeeping, archery, hunting and drying herbs. Here's the links of today's sponsors: The (Girly) Homestead Planner (use code PODCAST for 15% off) Shop Beautycounter Clean Skincare and Makeup (...

Today's episode lists my favorites from the month. I have to be honest, it's been a busy month so I struggled to think of some favorites, which is why I am sharing a recipe too! Curie Deodorant Beautycounter Soft Cream Beautycounter Reflect Effect AHA Mask Shade Cloth Sun Hat Curry Chicken Salad: cook chicken breasts in the instant pot with turmeric, garlic, salt pepper and apple cider vin...

Today's episode is all about my non-toxic wavy hair routine! I have what would be described as fine poofy hair, but recently I've discovered it's actually wavy, I would say type 2A. I list a lot of the products I use, here's links for those: Prose Shampoo and Conditioner (this link gives you $20 off your first order) Tangle Teezer Brush Prose Leave-In Conditioner Prose Curl Cream H...

Today I am chatting with my friend Karin from the Just Grow Something Podcast! This is one of my favorite podcasts and I am so honored to have her on the show. Some of the topics we discuss are: her journey from being a backyard gardener to a market farmer her advice for a new gardener watering tips and tricks when you do not have running water near your garden Listen to the Just Grow Something Po...

Today's episode is all about my goals for the month of August on our Ohio homestead. Some of the topics discussed are: beneficial nematodes fall garden prep garden planning direct sowing and transplanting fall plants curing onions processing honey practicing for deer season Follow me on Instagram! Use the code CLEANFORALL20 to get 20% off your first Beautycounter order!

Today's episode is all about my favorites from the month of July! I honestly didn't have much homestead related to talk about, so I also go in depth about the new Homestead Journal I am creating. As a listener of the podcast, you can get it for 25% off the final price with the code and link below: Use the code PODCAST to get your journal for only $30 Here's the other things I liked thi...

Today's podcast episode is all about our rain barrel set up! Last week I had to deal with really nasty water in our rain barrels, so I recorded this episode so you can avoid the gross water and mosquitoes that I had to deal with! I give an overview of our rain barrel set up, here's the products I mention: Rain Barrels Water Diverter Pump Hose End Sprayer (for cleaning the barrels out) Foll...

On today's episode, I interview Sabrina, The Unexpected Gardener! We talk about her transition from being a super city girl to turning her entire back yard into an extremely productive garden that feeds her family. We also talk about locally sourcing food, and how to get away from the 'big food" world. Follow Sabrina on Instagram Buy her e-book The Unexpected Gardener Blog Azure Stand...

Today I am sharing all that I have planned for the month of July on our homestead, the start of the busy season! Here's some of the things I talk about: canning wild black raspberry jam harvesting wild blackberries canning baked beans continue with fall seed starting clearing out bolted greens from my raised bed and amending the soil apply Organic Rev to my plants to prepare for the heat of su...

On today's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing my gardening and girly favorites from the month. Here's the gardening related items I talk about: Soil Kit mail-in soil testing Greenstalk Vertical Garden Planter (use this link for $10 off) Plum Paper Homestead Journal (this is the specific layout I used) Get 10% off ANYTHING Plum Paper Compost Thermometer And here's links to the girl...

In today's episode I am talking all about the struggles I've had with the spring garden, like slug and snail damage, poor soil ph, poor nitrogen availability, and how I plan to amend my soil for fall, like adding elemental sulphur and a high nitrogen fertilizer. I also discuss the plans I have for mulching in the winter, that way I do not use leaf mulch again. My plan for that as of right...

On today's episode I had the honor of interviewing Jill Winger from The Prairie Homestead who is also the host of the Old Fashioned on Purpose Podcast. We talk about sourdough specifically, like how to get rid of gumminess, plus some basics on baking methods and she gives great advice for the new sourdough baker. We also get a bit off topic and talk about her journey to homesteading and how sh...

Today's episode is all about the goals I have on our homestead for the month of June! I also talk about some updates that we have had here, like: expanding our garden to a sunny side of our house we are finally getting full harvests of greens to the point that I do not need to buy lettuce anymore our new chicks are doing well and our new way of socializing chickens is working we harvested garl...

Time for another monthly roundup of my favorite things on the homestead! Today I talk about some skincare items, like the new tinted sunscreen I love and a mattifying moisturizer that doesn't dry out your skin! You can text me at 9378215565 for samples of these items, but here's the links: Beauty by Earth Tinted Sunscreen Beautycounter Mattifying Gel Cream Beautycounter Adaptive Moisture L...

Today's podcast is all about chickens, and the very first interview on the Girly Homesteader Podcast! Today I talk with Dalia Monterroso, a chicken keeping educator and the creator of Chickenlandia, a welcoming chicken keeping community. On today's episode we talk about her chicken keeping story, her thoughts on chickens being a part of our human history and how she believes that everyone...

On today's episode I share all the updates going on in my flock, but here's some of the specific topics I talk about: Pecking order drama and why we gave our mean head hen to a neighbor Successfully breaking a broody hen for the first time and how we used a dog kennel as a broody jail Sand coop litter cleaning tips and what I use now to eliminate the ammonia smell in the coop between clean...

Today's episode of the podcast talks all about my non-toxic favorites when it comes to cleaning! I mention a few products in this episode, and the star of the show is Branch Basics, a non fragranced soap concentrate that you can use on every surface of your house. Use the link below to get $10 off your first order! Branch Basics Cleaning Concentrate Thrive Market (this link gets you $40 off yo...

Today's episode is all about my goals for the month of May on our homestead. Unfortunately, things aren't going as well as last spring in the garden, but I am trying to blame it on the weather rather than myself. Some of the topics I discuss today are: splitting our beehive transplanting my warm weather crops emptying out my compost bin and trying that process again swapping out greenhouse...

In today's episode, I share about a lot of favorites and most have to do with hair and makeup, like a new highlighter, and my final wavy hair routine with my long bob. I talk in depth about how to style my long bob, but here's the links to all the things I talk about, plus Organic Rev, the plant growth stimulant that has helped my cool weather crops transplant out to the garden with very m...

Today's episode is all about sourdough. I've been experimenting with sourdough baking for the past 6 months and I am still working on my perfect loaf, so if you're struggling too, don't feel bad! Here's the recipe I used most recently that got me a decent loaf, but I am still working on the gumminess inside my loaf (I'll talk about my next experiment in the episode). 100 g...

Today's episode is all about the pest control tactics I will be using this year to control flea beetles, cabbage moths, army worms, slugs and snails. I mention a few products I'm using, here's the links to those: Safer Brand Slug Bait Beneficial Nematodes Ryobi Backpack Sprayer Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT Spray) I go in depth into the application method I used with my beneficial nematod...

Today's episode of the podcast is all about my goals for the month of April. There's a lot of things to do in the garden, but it's really just about chugging along and continuing with my seed starting plan and watching the weather! Some of the goals I talk about specifically are: seed starting cucumbers and head lettuces direct sowing beans, nasturtium and dill transplanting the remain...

Todays episode is all about my favorites from the month of March! Some of the topics I discuss are coop cleaning, specifically when using sand as coop litter, new clips to secure my greenhouse plastic, new gardening overalls, labels for my seed starting method, sleep tinctures and heat less curlers for my new haircut. Here’s links to all those things: Sweet PDZ Coop Refresher Super Strong Greenhou...

Yes, the winter garden! Although not much grew for me, I did learn some major lessons in terms of how to keep things (or not keep things) alive during hard freezes, I learned that you cannot be lazy if you want to overwinter food and a HUGE tactic that makes transplanting cold hardy veggies in the very late winter a lot more doable. Here's some of the things I mention in today's episode: S...

Spring is the easiest season for skin when you live in the midwest due to the warming temperatures and increase in humidity, but there still are things to take into consideration as your skin and the weather change.  Your skin might be a bit more oily temporarily meaning you might get more acne or need a foamier cleanser.  You also might need to swap your moisturizer or sunscreen for som...