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How to Plant a Fruit Tree

July 3, 2020 by Homestead Lady 4 Comments

Here is an in-depth article on how to, where to, best time to and why you’d want to plant a fruit tree. This also includes information on companion plants for fruit trees, beneficial insect and animal habitats and what a permaculture orchard looks like. If you need to know how to REALLY plant a fruit tree and why the ones you’ve planted in the past haven’t thrived, this is the article for you! apple tree branches apples in a box apple with a heart shape carved on it

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Filed Under: Modern Homesteading Tagged With: Bees, Fall Project, Grow Your Own, Homestead Question

How to Attract Mason Bees to Fruit Trees

June 26, 2020 by Homestead Lady Leave a Comment

If you’re planting backyard fruit trees or small orchard, you may have heard that mason bees can help with pollination. Here are 4 simple steps that can help you attract mason bees to your fruit trees. Step 4 includes directions for making your own mason bee house. mason bee house

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Filed Under: Modern Homesteading Tagged With: Bees, Green Living, Grow Your Own, Homestead Question, Make it Yourself, Natural, Spring Project

Decorate Candles with Kids this Holiday

February 25, 2019 by Homestead Lady Leave a Comment

Using ones you buy or ones you make, you can decorate candles with kids this holiday for simple decoration or to give as gifts. This is a frugal DIY holiday gift and decoration idea that also provides a new and useful skill. Plus, it’s super fun to decorate candles with kids at parties for any holiday – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas! Why send your guests home with plastic toys and more candy? Decorate candles together for a unique craft; here’s how. Decorate Candles with Kids this Holiday l DIY gifts or decorations for the holiday l Step by step instructions l Homestead Lady.com

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Filed Under: The Hearth Tagged With: Bees, Fall Project, Family Time, Festive, Green Living, Homemade, Homestead Craft, Homestead Holidays, Kids on the Homestead, Make it Yourself, Spring Project, Traditions, Winter Project

Raised Garden Beds: What To Do in Fall and Winter

August 28, 2018 by Homestead Lady Leave a Comment

Raised Bed Gardens What to do in Fall and Winter l A list of garden to-do's to remember l Homestead Lady.comWhat do you plant in the raised bed garden in fall? Can you grow in raised beds in winter? Use this list of raised bed garden tasks for fall and winter to keep yourself organized and ready for next year’s garden….

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Filed Under: In the Garden Tagged With: Bees, Fall Project, Grow Your Own, Homestead Question, Winter Project

Grow Sunflower Seeds with Russian Mammoths

January 16, 2018 by Homestead Lady 9 Comments

If you want to grow your own sunflower seeds, or if you just enjoy a showpiece in the garden, give Russian Mammoth sunflower seeds a try this year. We’ve had complete strangers stop their cars in the road to stare at our Russian Mammoth sunflowers! And with so many seeds per head they’re worth the effort to grow.

Grow Your Own Sunflowers with Russian Mammoth Sunflowers l Sunflower Seeds are great snacks for kids and wild birds l Homestead…

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Filed Under: In the Garden Tagged With: Bees, Grow Your Own, Healthy Treat, Homestead Question, Preserve, Saving Seeds

Bee House in The Bee Friendly Garden

August 21, 2016 by Homestead Lady 2 Comments

Bee House in the Bee Friendly Garden l Tips on creating a bee friendly garden plus a book review l Homestead Lady (.com)Have you heard reports about the dangers our honey bees face these days? Have you also heard that they pollinate an estimated 70 percent of the world’s plants, including many food crops? Here are a few ideas – and a good book, of course! – for helping out the pollinators….

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Filed Under: In the Garden Tagged With: Bees, Book Review, Green Living, Grow Your Own, Homestead Question, Natural, Spring Project

Book Review Honeybee by Marina Marchese

July 15, 2015 by Homestead Lady 2 Comments

Honeybee by Marina Marchese l Thinking about getting bees but you're just not sure? l Book review l Homestead Lady (.com)If you’re on the fence about bee keeping, pick up Honeybee, by Marina Marchese. This short read is a delightful combination of quality prose and useful bee information. Disclaimer: it may tip your over the fence in favor of the bees. Just sayin’.
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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Bees, Book Review, Raw Food

Start a Butterfly Garden with Butterfly Bush

June 17, 2015 by Homestead Lady 4 Comments

Want to start a butterfly garden to attract beneficial bugs and pollinators to your yard? Want an easy plant to start with? Coupled with other flowering perennials, Buddleia, or Butterfly Bush can be a great choice for your butterfly garden.Start a Butterfly Garden with Butterfly Bush l Combine flowering perennials to attract butterflies and other pollinators l Homestead Lady.com…

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Filed Under: In the Garden Tagged With: Bees, Green Living, Grow Your Own, Homestead Question

Ground Cover Plants for Pollinators

April 4, 2015 by Homestead Lady 6 Comments

From creeping phlox to creeping thyme these perennial ground cover plants are loaded with flowers to attract pollinators to the garden. Some of these ground covers will grow in sun and others in shade; all will put on growth quickly. Here are four options that we’ve grown in various areas around the U.S. pink phlox and yellow potentilla flowers…

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Filed Under: In the Garden Tagged With: Bees

Make Your Own Vanilla Honey

March 30, 2015 by Homestead Lady 4 Comments

Make Your Own Vanilla Honey l Raw honey fresh vanilla l Healthy treat l Homestead Lady (.com)Ever had a happy accident in the kitchen? Vanilla honey was one of those for us. May you have just such an accident….

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Filed Under: Whole Kitchen Tagged With: Bees, Gluten Free, Healthy Treat, Homemade, Kids in the Kitchen, Make it Yourself, Medicinal Food, Raw Food

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