Playing homesteading is something we talk about a lot here at Northern Homestead. We usually do not call it that, but we would call it gardening for the weak, sick, and lazy gardeners, or how to keep garden chores enjoyable, or the deep chicken litter method and so on. The idea is to simplify and ...
7 Reasons to choose an IKEA kitchen for your homestead
We like IKEA and shop there often. I like the saying: "Why pay more, if you can go to IKEA". So for us it was a no-brainer, we wanted an IKEA kitchen. But if you are still considering where to buy your homestead kitchen, here are 7 reasons to choose an IKEA kitchen for your homestead. IKEA started ...
Indoor Garden Update – Winter 2018 on Video
Welcome to Northern Homestead Indoor Garden Update - Winter 2018 on video. The outdoor garden is covered in snow and temperatures are well into freezing. But in our food production garage things are growing well. Enjoy the tour! If you have trouble to see the video, go here. Growing ...
Planning a Homestead Kitchen
The kitchen is the heart of a homestead. Here is where all the home grown produce becomes homegrown food. Here we make, preserve, and enjoy our meals. Planning a homestead kitchen is an exciting and important undertaking. Our older house had an older kitchen in it. In fact, it is most likely ...
Troubleshooting in an Indoor Edible Window Garden
Troubleshooting in an indoor edible window garden is a topic I do not like to write about. Let's just pretend everything grows without any challenges. In reality it is different though. An indoor garden is an denatural environment. There is less light, no pollinators and no natural air movement. ...
What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Window Garden
What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Window Garden. Over the years we have grown a whole lot of plants indoors at a window: Microgreens, herbs, Aloe Vera, strawberries, lettuce, winter greens like kale, root vegetables like carrots, winter vegetables like broccoli, summer vegetables like tomatoes and ...
Temperature for an indoor edible window garden
Temperature for an indoor edible window garden is just as important as for an outdoor garden. You will not grow cool weather crops during the hot summer months and vice versa. Indoor edible plants too need to be planted according to the room temperature. The right room temperature for an ...
Additional light for an indoor edible window garden
To grow edible plants successfully you need 10 hours or more of daylight (except for sprouts and micro greens). It does not have to be all sunshine, but it has to be a bright light. A plant will not die if it does not get the light needed, but it will not grow much either. Additional light for an ...
Growing an indoor edible window garden in water
Growing an indoor edible window garden in water instead of soil opens a whole new world of indoor gardening. Growing plants in water is called hydroponics, here plant nutrients are distributed via water. The word "hydro" simply means water, hence hydroponics. The benefits of growing an indoor ...
Growing an indoor edible window garden in soil
In this post we talk about growing an indoor edible window garden in soil. Good soil for a garden is very important. Success and failure in growing great plants depends mostly on the soil. Great soil = great gardens! In our outdoor garden, growing in good organic soil is our very first ...