Seed Saving: Tomatoes
Once you pick a beautiful, ripe tomato and start munching away, the seeds will start falling out all over the place. They are slippery and slimy and make a big mess when you really are enjoying your fresh, juicy tomatoe. Clearly not hard to find seeds here. But what do …
Teaching About Plants with Bean Sprouts
We got this great book about the life cycle of plants. The book included an experiment growing seeds that we decided to try. Anything that is an experiment, the kids get excited about. So, off we went to plant some beans. Step1: Poke holes in the bottom 12 eggshells, or …
Starting Seeds with Kids
Living on a homestead, you grow your own food. Maybe just a small garden at first, but it’s a big part of having a homestead. The kids need to learn how to grow their own food, too. Let’s get them started ASAP, so they know from a young age that …
Keeping Busy, Waiting to Build
The snow has taken forever to melt. We can’t start digging as soon as I had hoped. That’s ok though. I have a lot of other things I can do to keep busy. I’ll be building some small things like a rainwater system. I am planting tons of seeds and …
Testing Seed Viability, Teaching Kids Gardening
An important part of raising children on the homestead is to teach the children how to do all the different homestead chores. Not only for them to learn for themselves, but to also learn responsibility for their share of the work. Now, my children are too young to be sent …
Tips for Buying Garden Seed
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