I ordered several different types of seeds last week and just received some of them. This order was from I was looking for a few unusual plants and ended up on their site. They have an impressive selection

Onions I planted a lot of seeds this weekend. First, I planted a flat of onions. There are 5 varieties and I planted about 30 seeds from each. These will be grown indoors for a few weeks to get a head

This is a basic recipe for curing a ham. You can add other herbs and spice to suit your tastes; this is something I want to experiment with. Although this calls for a 3-4 lb ham, it can easily scale to

Image from pixabay Wow, I got a lot of great suggestions. So many, that I didn’t want to pick just 5. I decided to give out 16 shares of steembasicincome instead of 5. The winners and one of their suggestions

Image from pixabay I am looking for new plants to grow in my garden this year. I thought I would let the steemit community help me decide. I've also been interested in getting some shares in steembasicincome

We had some beautiful sunny weather on Saturday and used it to get some garden preparation done. First, we weeded and cleaned up the garden beds. There was a lot more weeds than I thought. Our dog, Atticus,

My entry for @knowledge-seeker's green on the homestead contest. Green on the homestead is a sign of spring coming. The sunchokes are poking out.

Homesteader with an Egg Allergy A few months ago, I started getting occasional nausea. At the time I didn’t think much of it but then the nausea turned to occasional vomiting. I started to notice a

Dreaming of Spring This weekend, I wanted to get outside and do some work but the weather had different plans. It snowed most of the day Saturday and rained all day Sunday. So we spent the weekend inside

Last year was a successful year for us but a lot of decisions were made as we went without much direction. We took on many projects that we didn’t really plan for. I want to be more focused, so we are

Last summer we wanted to raise a few pigs. I found a local farm that raised their pigs on pasture using organic practices. Their pigs were a Berkshire tamworth cross. I contacted them and reserved 3 piglets.

We had two litters of rabbits this week. The first litter, which was from our experienced breeder, was 5 kits. One didn't survive. Our first time mom had 9 kits! That's our biggest litter yet. 9 is a lot

I woke up last night to the sound of coyotes yipping and howling. This isn’t unusual but it sounded like they were much closer than normal. Our dog was also freaking out, so I knew something was wrong.

Our Rabbits The second animal we started raising was rabbits. We started with a male and 2 female silver fox rabbits. A trio of rabbits can produce a lot of kits in a year. Our 2 females averaged 5-6 kits

Chickens Like most people, our first livestock animal was the chicken. We bought 6 chicks from a local farm. They were 2 Easter eggers, 2 Rhode Island red, a buff orpington and a barred rock. A few months

About me My name is Daryl and I live in Washington state. I enjoy hiking, camping, cycling and pretty much anything outdoors. I'm a DIYer and recent homesteader. I love building things, cooking and food.