What’s The Difference Between A Permaculture Swale and A Ditch?
Often when I have tried to quickly explain to someone what a swale is a question sometimes gets asked: "what's the difference between a swale and a ditch?" Swales and…
How Long Does It Take To Grow A Permaculture Food Forest?
A backyard food forest can be a wonderful long-term addition to any permaculture homestead. However, many avoid starting one because they believe it will take too long to establish and…
Urban Small Space Permaculture Homestead Tour & How You Can Do It Too
Small yards are not an excuse to not pursue your permaculture homesteading dreams. You can do a lot in a small space and in an urban environment. This property tour…
What Is Aquaculture In Permaculture Application?
Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic plants, and algae for food and other purposes. When implemented into a permaculture system a controlled aquaculture…
Who Is Bill Mollison?
Known as "The Father of Permaculture" Born: May 4, 1928 - Died: September 24 2016 Bill Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. He founded The Permaculture…
How To Use Cover Crops In Your Homestead Garden
There are three main ways you can improve the soil in a garden bed, You can use organic mulches to cover the bed, work in soil amendments or you can…
Planning The New Urban Homestead Permaculture Design
Property from a few years ago before we started homesteading. The Changes Earlier this year we purchased the lot next door and to the south of ours, this property only…
Just Shootin’ The Breeze About Food Forests
Listen To The Podcast The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 142 – May 31, 2020 – Just Shootin' The Breeze About Food Forests. I Discuss: How the garden overall is coming…
Creating and Utilizing Permaculture Edge Effect For Abundance
What is commonly referred to as the 10th Permaculture design principle is the “Edge Effect” which is the use of edge and natural patterns for the best and most abundant…
Integrate Don’t Segregate, Stacking Functions In Permaculture
When it comes to designing your property using permaculture principles one of the many areas of consideration is stacking functions by integration rather than segregation. When I started implementing this…
Increasing Soil Fertility Through Permaculture Practices
In this episode, I discuss a few ways to help soil fertility in ways normally exercised in permaculture practices. These are ways that are simulated in nature to create balanced,…
How To Grow Fresh Lettuce All Year Through Winter And Summer
It is great to grow your own food, harvest that food, and then in some form or another preserve that food to make it available year-round. What is even better…
What To Do First To Turn A New Home Into A Homestead
In this podcast episode, I answer a question from a listener about what I would suggest they do first at their soon-to-be new home to turn it into a functioning…
Small Backyard Ponds: Advantages and Dealing With Potential Problems
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 92 – June 18, 2018 – Small Backyard Ponds: Advantages and Dealing With Potential Problems. Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Tony asks:…
When Are You Too Young or Old To Start Homesteading?
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 88 – June 4, 2018 – When Are You Too Young or Old To Start Homesteading? Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Tanya asks: I would…
Protecting Plants In The Heat of Summer
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 85 – May 25, 2018 – Protecting Plants In The Heat of Summer. Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Randy Asks – What are some strategies…