It's winter, it's snowy, it's cold here - a great time to snuggle up in a blanket and dream about the summer garden. In this blog post, we cover getting annual vegetable seeds for the new growing season. Personally, we start with organizing seeds that we already have and then getting seeds for ...
DIY Contour Map
When designing a permaculture property, the topography of the land is one of the first things you want to know. Depending on where you live you might have great resources available to find that. However, if those resources are not available, a DIY contour map might be an option. Here we share our ...
It’s my Nature
True to my nature I love reading self-realization and development books. Out of all that I have read, one stands out and was really life-changing. I was not looking for another "personality type" book since the majority of them are entertaining, but not really helpful. You know, when you have to ...
5 Kitchen Tools to Save Money on Food
During Boxing week, you might be torn between needing to save money and wanting to make use of the good deals. In this blog post, we share 5 kitchen tools that might help you to do both, get them on a good sale and save money on food in a long run. Food prices have gone up rapidly. Many are ...
Winter Solstice 2021 Indoor Garden Update
It is December 21, 2021 today. It being the shortest day of the year, we thought it was a good time for an indoor garden update. Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere is the beginning of winter, not sure what we had the last month though ;), and it is also the beginning of longer and brighter ...
Following your Intuition in everyday life
Following your intuition in everyday life is a subject that I have been wanting to write about for quite a while. But always hesitated. For one I thought following your intuition is so obvious, why would anyone even want to read it. After all, that's what intuition is, you just know. On the ...
Pan Fried Potatoes Recipe
Bratkartofeln is a traditional german pan-fried potatoes recipe. Growing up we often had pan-fried potatoes but I never got tired of them. My mom used cooked as well as raw potatoes. Pre-cooked she loved slicing the potatoes very thinly. When using raw, she would cut them like a wedge, so one ...
10 Years of Blogging
We are celebrating 10 years of blogging this year. Today we are sharing 10 lessons that we have learned in 10 years of blogging. Since we are writing about what we are doing and doing what we are writing about, those lessons are life lessons. We are so grateful for all that we could learn, share, ...
Our New Land to Build a Permaculture Property
Have you been wondering why November started so mild in our part of the world and continued beautiful? We bought some land and needed to fence it in before the ground freezes. There you have the real reason ;). The fence went up on November 14th and the weather changed overnight. Okay, that at least ...
Permaculture Design Course
Big news here at NorthernHomestead, I'm (Anna) taking the Permaculture Design Course, Starting on November 18, 2021. The Permaculture Design Course is the international standard for permaculture certification. It is an online course, so I get to go to classes without leaving the comfort of my home. ...
