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Spring Indoor Seed-Starting Schedule – Free Printable

January 29, 2025

Spring Indoor Seed-Starting Schedule

After using this spring indoor seed-starting schedule for annual vegetable seeds for several years now, do we still recommend it, or is it time for a new plan? This spring indoor seed-starting schedule with a Free Printable is much more than just another printable schedule. We explain the reasons ...

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Starting Seeds Without Grow Lights

January 23, 2025

Starting Seeds Without Grow Lights

One of the most significant benefits of starting your seeds is the cost. However, that can quickly be overshadowed if you buy expensive grow lights and run them for months. With energy costs rising, the question arises: What about starting seeds without growing lights? It's possible, and in this ...

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Organizing and Storing Seeds

January 12, 2025

When organizing seeds you can go from very simple to super fancy. I am for simple. Storing seeds in a box and a photo album. Expiring and reordering seeds.

Organizing and storing seeds properly simplifies the busy sowing season and saves money by preventing the purchase of duplicates and prolonging the shelf life of the seeds we already have. There is no need to buy new seeds every year. When organizing seeds, you can go from very simple to super ...

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Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

January 10, 2025

Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

The roasted root vegetable recipe is a delicious dish that is a staple in our home. It is a true garden-to-table recipe that is simple, delicious, and realistically adds to your self-sufficiency list. The dish can be made in an oven or an air fryer. A smaller portion works best in the air fryer, ...

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Exploring Alternatives to Starting Seedlings Early

January 3, 2025

Exploring Alternatives to Starting Seedlings Early

Once the winter holidays end, gardeners get excited to start preparing for the next growing season. While there is nothing inherently wrong with starting seeds early, more effective alternatives are worth exploring. In this blog post, we will explore these alternatives, and perhaps you will discover ...

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Heating your Home with a Wood Stove in Town

December 5, 2024

Heating with a Wood Stove

As you know, we are an urban homestead in a small town in Alberta, Canada. It gets pretty cold here in the winter, and having heat is essential. Homesteaders in rural areas often rely on wood for heating, which makes sense if you have ample space for growing and storing it. But what about an urban ...

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Simple Winter Compost Solution

November 30, 2024

Simple Winter Compost Solution: Keeping Your Composting Dreams Alive

Composting is like nature's recycling program, but it has a bit of a love-hate relationship with winter. You see, compost needs heat to do its magic. If it's not steaming hot before the temperature drops below freezing, your composting materials will just freeze. In that case, we're not composting ...

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Do food growers need nutritional supplements?

November 21, 2024

Do food growers need nutritional supplements?

  Northern Homestead focuses on growing, preserving, and preparing nutritious food. Despite our cold climate and short growing season, we strive to have homegrown food year-round. We do not claim to be self-sufficient; instead, we enhance our diet with high-quality food in ways we can. A ...

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Preparing Fruit Trees for Winter in a Cold Climate

November 12, 2024

Preparing Fruit Trees for Winter in a Cold Climate

Preparing fruit trees for winter in a cold climate is essential. We cultivate cold-hardy fruit trees in our cold climate (Zone 3). However, young trees may not have experienced a true cold winter yet, depending on their origin. We cover what qualifies as a cold-hardy tree and provide some reliable ...

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End-of-Season Garden Update for 2024

October 29, 2024

End of season garden update for 2024

The year 2024 has likely been the most challenging yet. While the gardening season in 2023 was difficult due to rough weather, 2024 has posed health challenges. I wasn't even sure if we would have a garden in the spring. Looking back, I think we should have kept our gardening efforts to a minimum. ...

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