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Gardening

As a new gardener with no experience or help, I struggled with finding the most basic gardening information. That’s why after a few seasons, hours of research, and a love for gardening and teaching, I started to blog about gardening to help other beginners like me grow their own gardens.

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Practice Tying Knots | Winter Homestead Ideas⁠
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If you’re anything like me, you probably know next to nothing about tying knots! Winter is a good time to teach yourself a new skill that is invaluable on a homestead. My grandfather and dad are amazing at tying knots. They recommend The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots.

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Dehydrate Food | Winter Homestead Ideas⁠
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Just as winter is a great time to do your own food, it’s also a superb time to dehydrate some items for next year, too. Get ahead and create a stockpile! You can dehydrate dozens of foods with a dehydrating machine or just by using your oven at the lowest possible temperature.

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Grow Some Greens⁠ | Winter Homestead Ideas⁠
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And when the gardening bug gets a little worse I will start growing some greens. This year we are trying our hand at micro greens. These kits from Back to Roots have been a great start into the world of micro greens.

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Repot and Fertilize Indoor Plants | Winter Homesteading Ideas ⁠
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By the end of January I am itching to get in the garden but it is still too cold so I focus my green thumb attention to our indoor plants. Winter is a great time to repot indoor plants and give them a little fertilizer.

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Deep Clean the House | Winter Homesteading Ideas ⁠
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Some people save the deep clean until the spring, but I find that it makes much more sense to wait until winter! Of course, you can’t throw open the windows, and beat those rugs out like you might be able to when the weather is warmer, but that’s ok. Winter is a good time to deep clean the house and get into all those long-neglected nooks and crannies.

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Make Some Homemade Cleaning Supplies | Winter Homestead Ideas⁠
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To make your own cleaning supplies, you usually only need some basic materials like towels, vinegar, castile soap, and bleach. You can create a stockpile during the winter, and then use them throughout the rest of the year. ⁠
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Need a recipe or a cute label for your bottles visit our website.

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Build a Bee Hive | Winter Homesteading Ideas ⁠
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Are you looking to add a new animal to your homestead? Bees are a great addition to any homestead and great for the garden. Winter is the perfect time to start to prepare for them. ⁠
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Read a few books, join a FB group and start building your hives.

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Canning | Winter Homesteading Ideas⁠
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Most canning is done in the late summer and fall, but there’s nor reason why you can’t put it off until winter. There are many kinds of foods, including tomatoes and onions, that you can freeze and then can later, when you have the time, during the winter months.⁠
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And just because your garden isn't growing much doesn't mean you have to stop preserving. Search around for things that you can't grow and that might be in season in a different part of the country. For us this is oranges.

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Order Seeds | Winter Homesteading Ideas⁠
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You’ll start receiving seed catalogues, if you’ve signed up for them, as early as January. Take advantage and begin planning (but don’t order seeds and transplants too early, or they might die or lose their viability before you can get them in the ground).

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Plan Next Years Garden | Winter Homesteading Ideas⁠
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The key to planning next year’s garden in the winter months is to not get too ahead of yourself – and to not start too early! I try to keep detailed notes about my garden every year, both as I’m planting and caring for the garden and as I’m harvesting. ⁠
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That way, I know what needs to be adjusted in upcoming years. My garden planner and journal becomes my best friend during these long winter days. ⁠
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Start thinking about what you want to grow? Where will you grow it? Do you need to expand the garden? If you need a way to keep it all organized check out our garden planner and journal. (link in bio -->shop)

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Whip Up Some Herbal Remedies | Winter Homesteading Ideas⁠
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You might want to start researching some of your favorite herbal remedies now! Whether you want to simply start diffusing your own essential oils, or you want to learn how to make salves, winter is a good time to do so. ⁠
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Need some ideas? Check out the Natural Living section of our website.

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Cook Up Something Yummy | Winter Homesteading ideas⁠
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Cooking during those long cold winter months not only gives you something to do but it also fills your house with delicious smells and adds a little extra heat. ⁠
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Winter is a great time to try out some of those recipes you have been saving. Pull out those home canned goods and get to cookin'. ⁠
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Baking is also great during the winter, your sourdough will love you. I find that I don't cook a lot during the summer because it is so hot so why not use those winter months to stock the freezer with quick and easy dinners for the summer.

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