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Transform your homestead with raised beds + Learn how to grow through introspection!
Also, what’s your favorite season for homesteading activities?
Cedie Omaña
August 06, 2024
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In Today's Edition:
Homestead Tip 🌱
Poll Results From Last Sunday 📊
All Things Homestead: The Advantages of Raised Bed Gardening 🍃
Personal Development: How Reflecting Helps You Grow 💛
Today's Top Picks + Back-To-School Essentials 🛍️
Let’s Keep It Reel 🤣
Homestead Tip of the Day:
Create a rain garden to manage stormwater runoff and improve water quality. Choose a low-lying area and plant deep-rooted, water-loving plants that can handle both dry and wet conditions. Rain gardens help reduce soil erosion, filter pollutants, and provide a habitat for wildlife.
Poll Results From Last Sunday 📊
How do you prefer to shop for homesteading supplies?
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Online retailers
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Local farm stores
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Farmers markets
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Specialty stores
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIY or homemade solutions
via @beehiiv polls
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All Things Homestead
The Advantages of Raised Bed Gardening 🍃
For new homesteaders, raised bed gardening can transform the way you grow your food. If you're struggling with poor soil, limited space, or just looking for a more manageable gardening method, raised beds might be your solution.
Here’s why they’re a fantastic choice:
Better Soil Control: Raised beds allow you to fill them with the soil that’s best for your plants. You can customize the mix to ensure optimal growth, which is perfect if the natural soil on your property isn’t ideal for gardening.
Improved Drainage: Because they are elevated, raised beds have better drainage than in-ground gardens. This means water won’t pool around plant roots, which can lead to rot or disease. It’s especially beneficial in areas with heavy clay soil.
Easier on Your Back: Raised beds are higher off the ground, which means less bending and stooping. This makes gardening easier on your back and more accessible for everyone, whether you’re a beginner or have physical limitations.
Fewer Weeds and Pests: With raised beds, you deal with fewer weeds since you’re starting with fresh soil. The elevation can also help deter some pests, like slugs and rabbits, from munching on your plants.
Longer Growing Season: The soil in raised beds warms up faster in the spring compared to the ground. This gives you a head start on the growing season and can also extend it in the fall.
Better Aesthetics: Raised beds can tidy up your garden space and make it look more organized. You can design them to fit the aesthetic of your homestead, using materials that blend with your landscape.
Efficient Use of Space: You can plant more densely in a raised bed because you don’t need to leave space for walking paths. This efficient use of space is ideal for homesteaders with limited land.
Portability Options: If you rent your property or might move, you can construct raised beds that are portable. This way, you can take your garden with you, ensuring that your hard work and investment aren’t lost.
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Personal Development
How Reflecting Helps You Grow 💛
Personal transformation isn't just about changing what you do, but also how you think and feel. Introspection, or the process of examining your own thoughts and feelings, plays a critical role in this journey.
For homesteaders facing daily challenges and decisions, understanding how introspection can lead to personal growth is essential. Here’s how it works:
Figuring Out What's Important: When you think about your choices and what you care about, you learn what values guide you. This helps you make better decisions, whether you're planning your garden or managing your time.
Managing Your Emotions: Looking inward helps you notice what makes you upset or stressed. This awareness lets you handle these feelings better, which can make life smoother, especially when you're dealing with tough farming tasks.
Learning from Mistakes: Mistakes are not just setbacks; they are learning opportunities. Reflecting on what went wrong helps you do better next time. This is really handy in homesteading, where things don't always go as planned.
Setting Goals That Matter: Thinking deeply helps you set goals that really match your life on the homestead. You'll focus more on what makes you happy and fulfilled.
Building Confidence: Knowing what you're good at, and where you need help, makes you more confident. This is crucial when you're facing the many tasks and surprises of homesteading.
Solving Problems Better: Thinking through problems helps you come up with better solutions. For example, if your crops aren’t growing well, introspection might help you figure out a new strategy.
Staying Strong: Homesteading needs toughness, and reflecting on your experiences helps you get through hard times. Every challenge you overcome makes you stronger for the next one.
Keeping Your Mind Healthy: Activities like writing in a journal or quiet meditation help keep stress away and your mind clear. This is especially important for homesteaders, who need to stay mentally sharp to manage their tasks.
By taking time to reflect, you’re not just getting by—you’re learning and becoming better.
The Steady Home’s Giggle Chamber
How do you know if a vegetable is a good musician?
If it’s always on beet.
Today's Top Picks 🛍️
Let’s Keep It Reel!
I’ve gathered some hilarious farm videos for you—enjoy the laughs!
Just a pug in different costumes buzzing through the garden like it's on a mission:
@frenchbulldog.l.ove This wasp is so fat🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 #fyp #frenchbulldog #frenchie #dog #fat #cutepetdebutplant #dogsoftiktok #funny #funnyvideos #foryou
Me when someone says I need to stop buying more plants… as if that’s even possible:
@wallydiy 🗣 I WILL ALWAYS NEED MORE PLANTS #Plantdad #planttiktok #plantmeme
When a cow joins the trend and adds its own adorable twist:
@obermettlen #leftrightleft #leftright #cow #funnycow #dance #cowdance
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