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Stop buying seeds every year! Discover the art of seed saving here + The power of saying no 😲
Btw, what’s your preferred way to experiment with new crops or livestock?
Cedie Omaña
July 28, 2024
What’s your preferred way to experiment with new crops or livestock? |
In Today's Edition:
Homestead Tip 🌱
Poll Results From Last Thursday 📊
All Things Homestead: The Art of Seed Saving 😉
Personal Development: The Importance of Personal Boundaries 😁
Today's Top Picks 🛍️
Let’s Keep It Reel 🤣
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Homestead Tip of the Day:
Create garden pathways using materials like gravel, wood chips, or stepping stones. Plan the path layout, clear the area, and lay the materials. Garden pathways add structure to your garden and make it easier to navigate and maintain.
Poll Results From Last Thursday 📊
What new homesteading activities are you interested in trying?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beekeeping
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Mushroom cultivation
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Hydroponic gardening
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Soap and candle making
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Fiber arts (spinning, weaving)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Others (Feel free to specify your answer after you've voted.)
via @beehiiv polls
Get ready to participate in fun polls in our next newsletters! 😉
All Things Homestead
The Art of Seed Saving 😉
Saving seeds from your garden is like keeping a treasure chest for next year's planting season. It's a smart way to make sure you have seeds for next year, without spending more money, and it helps keep your favorite plants coming back!
Why Really Save Seeds?
Save Money: Why buy new seeds every year when you can collect your own?
Preserve Diversity: Keep those unique plant varieties alive in your garden.
Be Sustainable: Reduce waste and dependency on seed companies.
Tools You’ll Need
Envelopes or Jars: To store your seeds safely.
Labels and a Pen: To remember what you saved!
A Fine Sieve and Bowl: For cleaning the small seeds.
Steps to Become a Seed-Saving Champ
Choose the Right Plants: Save seeds from the healthiest, tastiest plants. If they did great this year, they’ll probably rock next year too!
Let Seeds Mature: Let your veggies or flowers hang out on the plant a bit longer than you usually would. They need to get ripe to give you good seeds.
Harvest Carefully: Pick those mature plants and get the seeds out gently.
Clean and Dry: Wash away any pulp from fruit seeds and let all seeds dry well. This stops them from molding in storage.
Store Properly: Keep seeds in a cool, dry place. A labeled envelope in a jar works wonders!
Pro Tip: Label everything. Trust us, you won’t remember what’s what by next spring.
Personal Development
The Importance of Personal Boundaries 😁
Understanding and setting personal boundaries is essential for everyone, including homesteaders, who often juggle many roles and responsibilities.
Here’s how you can establish and maintain your boundaries to boost your self-respect and improve your relationships:
Understand What Matters to You: Start by identifying what's most important in your life. This might be your family time, your gardening, or your alone time. Knowing what you value helps you establish boundaries that protect these elements.
Communicate Clearly: Once you know your boundaries, communicate them clearly to those around you. If Sundays are your quiet days for planning the week's homesteading tasks, let your family know this time is important and should be undisturbed.
Practice Saying No: It can be tough, especially when you want to help others, but saying no is a powerful boundary-setting tool. If adding another project to your plate is too much, it's okay to decline politely.
Respect Others’ Boundaries: Just as you set your own, be respectful of others’ boundaries. This mutual respect makes for healthier interactions and relationships.
Create Physical Boundaries: On your homestead, physical boundaries might mean having a personal workshop or a garden space that’s just for you. These physical spaces reinforce mental and emotional boundaries.
Reevaluate Regularly: As life changes, so too might your boundaries. Check in with yourself regularly to adjust your boundaries as needed to ensure they still serve your best interests.
The Steady Home’s Giggle Chamber
What did one raspberry say to the other?
"You’re berry special!
Today's Top Picks 🛍️
Let’s Keep It Reel!
Check out these hilarious homesteading bloopers I've compiled. They're guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Enjoy the laughs!
Prepare to be hilariously called out by this video:
@podandherpeas Sorry (not sorry) neighbour 🙋🏼♀️ #ThisIs40 #icanlawn #gardengoals #icanlawn #gardeninglove #gardeningtips #gardeninglife #gardenhumor #lo... See more
Time to throw a party for those new sprouts:
@cd.dc This audio cracked me uppp🤣 #plants #plantsoftiktok #gardening #plantlife #homesteading #humor
They said basil planting was supposed to be easy:
@plantsoftiktok.world.86 What have I done. #plantsoftiktok #planttok #basil #indoorplants #indoorgarden #herbs #plants #basil✨ #seeds #gardening #trend #devileyes ... See more
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