Super Soil- The 80/20 Homestead (0)
“80/20 Homesteading” pays homage to that old adage that “80 percent of our results come from 20% of our efforts.” Today we’ll explore your crop effort: specifically, soil. It’s one of the Crop Top 7 from a previous blog, and a foundation of high garden yield with low cost. A general question I ask myself regularly [...]
“80/20 Homesteading” pays homage to that old adage that “80 percent of our results come from 20% of our efforts.” Today we’ll explore your crop effort: specifically, seeds. It’s one of the Crop Top 7 from a previous blog, and a foundation of high garden yield with low cost. It is entirely likely that some internal mechanisms we [...]
Full Story»As mentioned in an earlier blog, we were offered access to an unused 10×10 garden plot in June 2012. The late start in some tough soil, with little money, meant we really had to focus on the basics- and this birthed the idea of The 80/20 Homestead. That is, that 80 percent of your results [...]
Full Story»Well, as any homesteader knows… expect the unexpected. A new job out of town brought a home sale for our former homestead’s owner… bringing an end to any “1-year homestead makeover” for the time being. The silver lining?– this led to a new blog idea… “The 80/20 Homestead,” which pays homage to that old adage [...]
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