You don't have to be a homesteader for homesteading skills to help🌱🍞
Published: Sun, 10/10/21
Greetings Rural Sprout Readers, How was your week? Can you believe it’s October already? We’re quickly headed for a new year. Cheryl reported her…
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Gardening, homesteading and natural living recipes, tutorials and how-to's.
I discovered that our pressure canner can do something pretty nifty 🥄🍅
Published: Sun, 10/03/21
Greetings, Rural Sprout Readers, As the temperatures in the evening become decidedly cooler, I’m starting to find myself slowing down from the hustle…
Don't forget to do this important end-of-season garden job! 🌱📓🖋️
Published: Sun, 09/26/21
Hiya Rural Sprout Readers, We’ve been dealing with steady downpours for most of the week where I live. We started Monday with a flash flood watch, and…
I have a weird switch in my brain, do you have it too? 🥗/🍲
Published: Sun, 09/19/21
Happy Sunday, Rural Sprout Readers, I may have discovered the perfect way to e tend the growing season. I know we give tips about cold weather crops…
Do you have the will to grow-on? 😲
Published: Sun, 09/12/21
Happy Sunday, my fellow Rural Sprout Readers, I don’t know what’s happening in your neck of the woods, but here in rural Pennsylvania, there was a wee…
Is homesteading a form of self-care? 🤔
Published: Sun, 09/05/21
Happy Sunday, Rural Sprout Readers, Grab a cup of coffee or tea and join me out here on the porch. I’ve got something on my mind I want to share with…
Thinking about disaster preparedness and Hurricane Ida
Published: Tue, 08/31/21
Hi there, Rural Sprout Readers, I know it’s not Sunday, but watching the news about Hurricane Ida, made me want to connect with our community. We, at…
Does your garden do this come late August, too? 💥🤯
Published: Sun, 08/29/21
Is it Sunday already, Rural Sprout Readers? This week just flew by. Who am I kidding? Most weeks in the summer seem to fly by, especially at this…
Well, that escalated quickly! I think we're still water-logged. 🌊
Published: Sun, 08/22/21
Hi there, Rural Sprout Readers, It’s been quite the growing season this year in my neck of the woods. We started with an unseasonably wet and cold…
Oh boy, readers, if it were a snake it would have bit me! 🐍📷
Published: Sun, 08/15/21
Hiya Rural Sprout Readers, As my close family and friends will attest, I’m always happy to be the butt of the joke. I’m prone to gloriously graceless…