Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa! We had a bit of rain for which my garden and I are very thankful! A you can see the herb garden is doing well! Though I shall expand a bit

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We went by our favorite fishing hole to pick berries. We are amazed at how many we got! We ended up with my bucket and the pink one full, but the weight kept popping the handle out so we ‘split the pot’

We went on a Saturday the 28th of July 2018. We got a mix of blue, crow, and salmon berries. I actually forgot my phone in the van when we went picking. But I can show you how many we got. 😝 This is how

We went for a mile hike to get berries and got ran off by the musk of a bear. If you can smell them, you’re to close and need to move away from them. So we decided to go check out our berry spot. Berry

I have found a great way to find berries Alaska! All thanks to Alaskan veteran berry pickers. Use satilite maps! Look for the marshes, blogs and permafrost areas. Yes these are all my photos This is the

What a week! Everything has awakened! Time for new growth and life. So many facets to spring! The first of thunders came, waking up mother earth in the most beautiful ways. Watering and nurturing all walks

Yesterday was just 60° but considering this past winter got down to -30° it was hot! We had no more ice pops but I had frozen berries! Very messy and stained hands I pulled out my blue berries. I didn’t

Strawberries grow wild in Alaska along with many other kinds of berries. Salmon berries, blue berries, watermelon berries, cranberries, raspberries, crow berries and strawberries. There might be a few

Well...the snow is melted and the mud covers half my wheel well, when I baha and get stuck. I am land locked for another few days or so. I am grateful that is is not an extremely wet spring. The look of

Working my ass off, my core is getting sore from swinging the maul. We have about 3 cords, but need about 8. Need 1.5 cords per month to play it safe and not fall short. This is just one of your stacks,

I had some ass hole male ducks. Three would go after one female. It was bad, so I killed them. I literally stop chopping wood went and captured two males. Cut their heads off, dressed them out. Cleaned

A bit of a long post. We got a log cart, more hatchlings, a bit about the garden, and life. We got a garden cart, big deal to us! I have been using a triplet stroller frame for five years. It worked, but

So my doc, yes doc, told me about the fiddle heads. But forgot to tell me how to prepare them. Well @walkerland provided several ways to prepare them. So here are my photos on our forage, all on the back

Our tiny tim tomatoes (still in their pots indoors) had a couple more red ones so I picked those, grabbed some basil leaves (also in a pot indoors) and a piece of green onion (that we regrown from scrap

This was brought to me by @borrowedearth!! Howdy Homesteaders/Off-Gridders/ Alternative Aventurers of Steemit! I want to chat for a minute about Guilty Pleasures! Many of us Homesteading and choosing more

I haven't been able to blog a whole lot this past bit. Working like crazy to get ready for the next seasons, and yes, I am already planning for next winter! So many things that I can modify to make it

Monday we had rallied friends and family to help us out with the no-dig garden beds and wood chips. It turned out to be a beautiful day with 27 degrees (c) and a light breeze. This is what the garden looked

It will feed you and get you in shape..at the same time :) This is what our celery scrap looked like 30th of march when I put it in water. Two days later, the 1st of April, its already much greener and

I have written about things that I do to make little to no waste, when I can. As most of you know I am living off grid, and working towards self sustainability. Enter the potato! We eat about 150 pounds