BlogHide Resteemsthecitystead (68)in gardening • 4 years agoNature Walk | Sutherland Nature SanctuaryWith the nicer weather I wanted to take the kids on a little hike through some woods and I had seen someone post pictures from this place by us, so we had to go check it out. Thanks for…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 4 years agoGet The Most Out Of Your Cattle Panel TrellisToday I attempt to answer some of the questions I have been getting lately about our cattle panel trellises. We do our cattle panel trellises a little different than most people and we try to plan…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoSmall Urban Greenhouse Tour Before It's All GoneSince I'm planting everything out this week, I thought I would give you a short tour of the Greenhouse before it's all gone. We started a lot of seeds in the greenhouse this year and we even…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoThe Correct Way to Transplant Fruit TreesI have read a lot of stuff about planting fruit trees and boy do people like to make it harder than it has to be. There seems to be debate about what shape hole, what to add to it and honestly I…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoGreatest Gardening Hack Of All TimeEvery one is looking for the greatest gardening hack, and I finally found it! However I felt I had one that was equally as important that I wanted to share. Heirloom Permaculture's video Thanks…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoGarlic Companion Planting | Maximizing Growing SpaceHaving so much garlic planted around our yard we needed to find a way to use some of the space behind the plants to help produce food for ourselves. After doing some research on good companion…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoHow To Make Your Garden Markers LastWe get a few comments about our garden markers so I thought I would talk about them and what we started doing to make them last. The garden markers often get worn out or dirty from the rain bouncing…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoCan You Grow Store Bought Garlic?Last year when I started to work on creating an urban garlic farm, I heard an often asked question can you grow store bought garlic. The thing I heard most often was that you can only grow organic…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoPandemic Challenge QuestionsSo I haven't talked much about the pandemic, but I got tagged by a couple long time followers and knew I had to do this. There are a couple fun questions in here and some serious questions. This is…thecitystead (68)in permaculture • 5 years agoStarting Our Urban Food ForestThanks for watching! Today's shirt is from Gold Shaw Farm If you want your company, farm, or channel featured send a large size shirt to our P.O. Box Mrs. Citystead shop You can send us…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoThis ONE Rule Saved Me From Late Frost HeartacheDid the late cold snap hurt us? If your from the south you also know this as blackberry winter, a cold snap that happens in mid May. I have been planning on a late cold snap all year because of what…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoUnusual Trees For Our Urban Food Forest | Raintree NurseryToday we got an awesome package, tons of fruit bushes and trees for growing more unusual fruit trees for our urban food forest. We are adding a few new out of the norm trees to our growing food…thecitystead (68)in chickens • 5 years agoChasing Chickens For Mental HealthI felt like we have all been in a rut lately with the stay home order, so we packed in the car and drove out to the country! It was a good day to take care of our mental health and do something…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoMy Grow Room Set-Up, Is It WorkingSome one recently asked me how my grow room was doing. I thought it would a good time to show you what I like about my set-up so far and some of the things I want to change. I'm brand new to growing…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoEdible Urban Front Yard GardenLast year I did some planting in the front yard, an edible front garden. This year I'm doing even more and trying more than just greens. Hopefully we can expand what we're growing out there even…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoPlanting Spring Garlic In MichiganWe got a little mail a few days go, an unexpected delivery of garlic. Well of course we had to plant it! I have never tried planting spring garlic in Michigan but I thought why not go ahead and try…thecitystead (68)in gardening • 5 years agoForget Chip Drop, My City Dropped Off Wood Chips For FreeAfter having no luck with the chip drop app for a couple years now, I had some free wood chips delivered finally, from my city! I chatted up a local city worker during brush clean up and then made a…thecitystead (68)in diy • 5 years agoFixing Up A $20 Amazon GreenhouseAfter watching a video the other day I got inspired to try and build up my old $20 amazon greenhouse that was about to hit the curb as garbage. I know I have a big greenhouse but with starting as…thecitystead (68)in homesteading • 5 years agoTour Of My Urban HomesteadI have never done a full tour of my urban homestead, so today while doing a few normal task I thought I would show you around. Hope you enjoy hanging out with me and the kids and seeing all the…thecitystead (68)in beekeeping • 5 years ago1st Hive Inspection | Urban BeekeepingThis is my first time doing a hive inspection on our brand new bees. I cut out a lot of the me starting at frames trying to figure out what was what haha. It went pretty good for my first check, of…
