Homestead Tips and News

Welcome to the second edition of On The Homestead, where I share my favorite homesteading highlights from the week! There are so many wonderful tips, tutorials, and new things posted each week, I wanted to round them up and put them in the spotlight.

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Agritecture: Buildings that Grow Food

NEWS: Modular High Density Farming Using Shipping Containers on the Rise

Technically this isn’t homesteading, but it’s pretty dang cool! Visit this link and check out the video about Podponics, a company that turns shipping containers into hydroponic growing facilities.

A Bee Lawn: How to Have an Insect Haven in Your Lawn

by Mary Meyer, extension horticulturist and professor, University of Minnesota

Attract beneficial insects to your lawn with biodiversity…and ditch the pesticides!

Permaculture: Inspiration for Sustainable Living

How we built an Urban Permaculture Garden in the City Centre

by Jessica Witchell

A rooftop garden in the UK helps teach sustainability to urban dwellers.

Free Range Meat Chickens

A video by Farmer Nate on Youtube

Watch Cornish X chickens grow from day old chicks to 7 week old birds ready to butcher. If you wondered about how meat chickens act after reading my post Raising Meat Chickens, here is first hand video showing what to expect.