by Tom | Aug 29, 2018 | Gardening, Homesteading, Podcast
As we roll into September, I have to ask: how is your garden doing? It has been a while since our last tour of the Small Scale Life Garden, so I figured it was time to post a Late August Garden Update and discuss my Fall Planting strategy. Of course, there is a...
by Tom | Aug 3, 2018 | Gardening, Homesteading, Podcast
Canning is a lot of fun! Last weekend, I made and canned 15 quarts and 6 pints of Dill Pickles out of produce purchased at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market. It was a lot of fun, and it was a good warm-up for what is going coming in August: harvest season! It is...
by Tom | Aug 1, 2018 | Gardening, Podcast
July is over. Welcome to August! If you have a garden and are growing tomatoes, you might have some big bushy plants that are overcrowding your garden space. This is particularly true if you have cherry tomato plants in your gardens (they tend to get very big and...
by Tom | Jul 20, 2018 | Gardening, Podcast
We have hit Mid-July, and we are well beyond that old farm saying “knee high by the 4th of July” for corn. We are on the back half of Stage 2 of the 2018 Garden Season, and it is time for a Mid-July Garden Update. There is a lot happening in the garden, and I can...
by Tom | Jun 26, 2018 | Gardening, Homesteading, Podcast
Introduction: How Build Vertical Garden Planters https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/f43acb1d-163c-4c68-af6c-c25b89b9a847.mp3 Download (28.1 MB, 30 mins 26 secs) Last week during the garden update, I discussed my new vertical...
by Tom | Jun 20, 2018 | Gardening, Podcast
https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/3a7ba512-91a0-4cc3-b321-37f3226c3282.mp3 Download (41.2 MB, 44 mins 41 secs) We are rapidly rolling through June, and by now your plants should be really starting to grow. In this episode, it...
