Simple bruschetta complete

Simple Bruschetta

Bruschetta is one of our family’s favorite ways to enjoy the organic tomatoes we grow. We can many of our tomatoes, but we also love to eat them in simple recipes like this. You can use any variety of tomato in this recipe, but I suggest

lots of tomatoes

Simple Tomato Canning

This year, our gardens produced an amazing amount of tomatoes in our new large raised garden beds. After harvesting hundreds and hundreds of tomatoes, it was time to get to canning. I prefer to do simple tomato canning and leave

Summer 2015 homestead gardens

Summer 2015 Homestead Updates

It has been a whirlwind of activity here on The Curious Road homestead this spring and summer. Just like the different seasons of growing, the activities we focus on at our homestead vary with the weather. Here are some exciting updates about our gardens, preserving food for the winter, and our two new family members!

Cattle panel trellis arches

Cattle Panel Trellises

I recently added some cattle panel trellises to my large raised garden beds. Cattle panels are an attractive and long lasting item to use to build many styles of trellis. This is a simple two step

newly planted fruit trees

Planting Fruit Trees

These are the steps I used for planting fruit trees in our yard to create a sort of “backyard orchard.” I have wanted to plant fruit trees since we moved here and we live in a climate that is great for a wide variety of fruit here in the north. This is the

three-bin composting

Three-Bin Composting

A three-bin composting system is a wonderful way to create compost and looks attractive. With the wonderful spring weather we have been having I had the opportunity to get outside and enjoy the sunshine with this project. If you are looking for a fun and easy DIY project, a three-bin composting system is a great beginner project.

winter DIY greenhouse

Winter Homestead Update

Winter in the north brings many of the homestead activities I have been learning to a halt or crawl. Naturally many of my recent posts have been about robotics and tech but learning about homesteading continues in the cold winter months. Here are how some of the homesteading activities have been doing in these cold winter months.

Vermicomposting bin with worms

Vermicomposting

Mid November and the compost tumblers are already frozen solid.  I want to keep composting through winter and I had been meaning to figure out vermicomposting so there was only one thing to do. Build a worm bin!