Blue Ridge Homesteaders
On three weekends this June The Little Half Acre, near Bakersville NC, is offering workshops on homesteading and prepping. Presentations are given by three dynamic speakers: The 5-hour…
You may have mowed and weed-whacked some tasty edibles. Your mom probably always told you to eat your greens. Or eat your vegetables. Well, how about eating your…
Seven Springs Farm in Green Mountain, NC is holding two multi-day retreats at the farm during August this year. Seven Springs Farm is a Blue Ridge Homesteaders member.…
Want to check your knowledge of laying hens? Did you know that you can pretty much predict the color egg a hen will lay by examining the color…
Yesterday I spent time in my little greenhouse weeding out the chickweed that invaded my beds there. Although chickweed is edible and has some real health benefits, if…
I’m writing this in a heavy mid-January snowstorm. But the firewood is stocked and the wood stove is cozy, food is put back and we’re comfortably hunkered down.…
By Shanais Pelka, Owner/Founder of Seven Springs Farm in Green Mountain, NC. A year and a half ago, I purchased a beautiful piece of property, complete with a…
Header image: Grimes Golden heirloom apples with sooty blotch and flyspeck fungi. From The Little Half Acre homestead. Should I be concerned about eating blemished or misshapen fruits…
The MItchell County, NC Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service will offer a Master Gardener training course in January, 2022. Here’s your chance to learn about…
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