How much food can an urban homestead grow for the winter? Here we share our Northern Homestead homegrown food storage as of today, Thanksgiving 2018. We are doing our best to live mindfully, kindly, sustainable and joyfully. Our food storage is filled to overflow because we have been blessed with ...
Growing Food
Growing Food – Garlic
If you are into growing food - garlic is a must have in the garden. Read on to find out how to plant, grow, harvest, store, and use the superfood, garlic. Garlic is a crop that is easily grown and goes a long way in the kitchen. So many dishes just taste better with garlic. Some people love garlic ...
How to Grow Early Peas in an Unheated Greenhouse
It was still pretty much winter here (March 10) at my first attempt to grow early peas in an unheated greenhouse. Now, you need to understand that we are in Zone 3, March IS winter with 2 feet of snow on the ground and possibly more snow to come. How to grow early peas in the winter in an unheated ...
Growing Sprouts at Home
Growing sprouts at home is the easiest way to grow nutritious food right in your kitchen. No green thumb is needed, as well as no soil, no grow lights, and no extra space. You can start today and become a gourmet sprout grower in less than a week. Why grow sprouts at home Sprouts' nutrition value ...
Start Homesteading
Homesteading is something we talk about a lot here at Northern Homestead, even though we are not a classic homestead. Nevertheless, we are here to encourage you to start homesteading right where you are at, and here are 5 reasons why: 1. Homesteading is not about where you live If homesteading ...
Heirloom Tomato Varieties We Grow In a Northern Garden
Growing tomatoes in cool climate is a challenging and fun thing to do. We grow mainly heirloom tomatoes. Every year we try some new varieties and choose from those that have proven to be great for our garden. And there are so many to choose from. Not all tomatoes are the same. Some ripen faster ...
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Cold Climate
Sweet potatoes are a heat loving summer crop. They are not suited for northern climate, nor a short growing season. Here at Northern Homestead we are dealing with both. But sweet potatoes are tasty and so good for you. We love them baked with some homemade sour cream, yum. So why not ...
Growing Food – Carrots
Beautiful, tasty, crunchy, healthy - just a few words that come to mind when I think about carrots. Raw or cooked, sweet or spicy, juiced, fermented, pickled and baked - carrots have so many uses. Carrots are a must have in the garden. During World War II my mom (at that time a child) was ...
12 Favorites to Grow in the Garden
Spring is an ecxiting time of planning and planting the garden. Every year the question comes of what to grow. It is important to grow what you eat, and not what looks good in a catalogue. Here are 12 of our favorites to grow in the garden. The list is not exhaustive, but these are the top plant ...
3 Reasons To Grow Your Own Salad and How To Do It
3 Reasons to grow your own salad and how to do it in soil in a square food garden or in hydroponics using aeroponics or the kratky method. A retired M.D. still remembers how he and his wife started in our rural area. His wife wanted to buy some salad greens from a local store, but there was ...