Sweet Basil, all you need to know to grow it.
Sweet basil is one of the easiest and most rewarding herbs to grow. It is fast, productive and useful in the kitchen from the moment you harvest the first leaves. …
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About the soil in your vegetable garden, what you need to find out.
Let’s go deeper into the soil matter. In this next chapter you will see what you need to find out about the soil in your vegetable garden. Soil… What is …
X ways to make money off your homestead… How much can you really do?
Yes, I do agree that there are many ways to make money off your homestead. From selling eggs to beautiful handicraft. It all depends on your skills and dreams. But …
Fava beans with rice and eggs
In the south of Portugal this is the time of the fava beans. So now we are eating them almost every day. That is okay as long as we have …
Preparing for your homestead.
Looking at all these beautiful blogs about homesteading you might think is the most beautiful way to spend your life. We do enjoy our live here on our homestead, but …
Making Mayonnaise in 2 minutes!
Making mayonnaise is much easier than you think. It hardly costs anything and you can make it exactly as you like it. Once you know how to make mayonnaise, you …
Chop and drop in the vegetable garden, how to do it.
Chop and drop is a way to create good soil in your garden for growing vegetables. In our vegetable garden I use green manure to chop and drop. It is …
Body Condition Scoring for dairy goats, made easy.
Why Body Condition Scoring? Body Condition Scoring (BCS) is a practical DIY tool to find out what fat and muscle reserves a goat has. It is a way …
Fresh Cheese Recipe
This is my Fresh Cheese Recipe. Before I made this cheese I had never made cheese in my life. So do not worry this cheese making recipe is easy. You …
Growing Asparagus
When wanting to grow a vegetable cash crop why not choose a sexy one? Figs are supposedly the most erotic fruit, but its vegetable compeer is without doubt the asparagus. …