A new week and a new month. November already and 2019 is heading rapidly to its close. The years seem to be flying by of late! Or is that just me getting old?

Despite winter closing in, in the busiest half of the world, there still seems to be plenty of activity on the homesteading front. This week I've got a couple of Australian contributors for you to balance out the approaching winter with approaching summer.

Things happening in the community.

The Hive account@ecotrain question of the week is out. The question is "In what ways has centralisation failed us" and this week there is a 100 Steem prize pool.

Hive account@naturalmedicine is collaborating with Hive account@innerblocks for their latest challenge.

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Some highlights of the week

The Hive account@ligayagardener has been expanding his aquaponics set up, much of it making use of readily available cast offs. When you put your mind to it, it's amazing what can be put into production on a small budget in a small space.

The Hive account@homesteadhippy is at it again, making delicious food from simple ingredients. This time It's a savoury dish of bbq pulled chicken tacos.

A week ago Hive account@duckpondsfarm set up a top bar hive and now he walks us through the first inspection, explaining what he's looking for and why.

Some long term dedication went into this post from Hive account@whatisnew, to bring us a progression of the fruiting process of American pokeweed.

Thank you for stopping by. This week's newsletter was brought to you by Hive account@minismallholding.

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