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Fool-Proof Guide on How to Dry Herbs by Hanging

Backyard Homestead, Herbs, Preservation · February 12, 2025

Fool-Proof Guide on How to Dry Herbs by Hanging

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Come harvest some food from my backyard kitchen ga

Come harvest some food from my backyard kitchen garden. 🪴

Do you grow your own food?

#gardenharvest #garden #growingherbs #growingmyownveggies #alyssashomestead #backyardhomestead #kitchengardener #backyardgrocerystore #harvestingherbs #gardentotable #zone5garden

Please please please let me get more than one butt

Please please please let me get more than one butternut squash this year! 🤞🏻

Every year I deal with squash vine borer, so I planted butternut squash in two different areas. I'm DETERMINED! 😂

So far, so good.

#growingmyownfood #backyardfarm #microhomestead #butternutsquash
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I recently met a neighbor down the street that has

I recently met a neighbor down the street that has a similar sized garden to me, but grows flowers and all in her front yard.

I didn't ask, but I think she sells them, which is super cool since we live in the city!

When I met her I told her how much I admire her flower garden every time I walk past it.

Today on our walk she saw us and gave us these seeds!!!

Can you guess what they are? 😉

#wisconsingardening #backyardhomesteading #smallspacegardening #urbanfarmgirl

It's starting to be my favorite time of the year!

It's starting to be my favorite time of the year!

Every couple days I have more food to bring in and it's the best feeling.

Harvested the garlic today. I should have counted how many, but I didn't. I'd guess about 80? 🤷🏼‍♀️

I pick my tomatoes as soon as they start to blush because critters like to take exactly one bite out of them before moving on to the next. These are my very first tomatoes and I'm EXCITEDDDDD. Ask me how I feel about tomatoes in a few weeks tho.

#backyardgrocerystore #growyourownfood🌱 #backyardhomesteaders #selfsufficientbackyard
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Backyard chickens
Garlic harvest

Even though the mom eats my food, I protect these

Even though the mom eats my food, I protect these babies the best I can 😅😂

#gardenpests #cutestbunnies #backyardhomesteading #chamomileflowers
Herbs for tea
Growing my tea

I didn't plant a single sunflower this year, yet I

I didn't plant a single sunflower this year, yet I have at least 40. I should really count them one of these days lol.

If you've struggled planting them, I highly suggest starting them indoors next year and transplanting them out.

I planted about 15 last year and I don't think I'll ever have to plant them again.

In the second picture, on the far right, you can see a sunflower bed. Those are all sunflowers that I dug up from other areas of my garden and transplanted in that bed.

Ps Guess how tall my husband is

#sunflowergarden #growingsunflowers #backyardgardens #urbanhomesteaders backyard flowers
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Little garden harvest 🪴 What are you growing

Little garden harvest 🪴

What are you growing in your garden?

#gardenharvest #backyardhomesteading #urbanhomesteaders #growyourownvegetables #smallspacegardening #backyardgrocerystore #eatwhatyouharvest backyard chickens
summer garden harvest
growing my own food

🙉🙊 . . . . . #smallspacegardening #backyard

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#smallspacegardening #backyardchickens🐔 #growyourownfood🌱 #urbanhomesteader #backyardhomestead #gardeningmakesmehappy

Do you think you need several acres of land in the

Do you think you need several acres of land in the country to homestead?

You don't!

There are so many things you can do right where you are!

Here are 15 ideas to get you started wherever you are!

1. Gardening: Grow herbs, vegetables, or small fruit plants in containers or a small in-ground garden.

2. Composting: Create compost from kitchen scraps and yard waste.

3. Canning and Preserving: Preserving food through canning, fermenting, freezing or dehydrating.

4. Bread Making: Baking homemade bread from scratch.

5. Knitting or Crocheting: Creating clothing, blankets, and other items from yarn.

6. Basic Sewing: Repairing clothes, making simple clothes or home items.

7. Herbal Medicine: Growing, learning and using medicinal herbs for common ailments.

8. Soap Making: Creating homemade soap using real ingredients.

9. Candle Making: Making candles from beeswax or other natural waxes.

10. Rainwater Collection: Set up a system to collect and use rainwater.

11. Basic Carpentry: Learning to build and repair simple wooden structures or furniture.

12. Cooking from Scratch: Preparing meals using whole, unprocessed ingredients.

13. Foraging: Identifying and collecting edible wild plants and mushrooms.

14. Basic First Aid: Learning and practicing essential first aid skills.

15. DIY Cleaning Products: Making homemade, eco-friendly cleaning solutions.

#backyardhomestead #urbanhomesteading #growyourgroceries #selfsufficientgardening #wisconsinhomestead #smallspacegardening

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As I get older I realize how much time I've wasted

As I get older I realize how much time I've wasted on things that don't really matter.

Things that don't really matter:
- Material things
- Other's opinions of you
- The Joneses
- Having the newest tech
- Having the greenest grass (😂😂😂)

Most of what we own is second hand or several models old and we like it that way!

You won't catch me working a job I don't like, to buy things I don't need, to impress people I don't like.

Work to live > live to work

Life is short!

#simplelifehappylife #slowlivinglife #frugalfamily #worklesslivemore #smallspacegardening

I'm trying out my crockpot era. I'm always so bu

I'm trying out my crockpot era.

I'm always so busy that half the time I don't even want to make dinner.

I love cooking from scratch, but between work and the garden this time of year, my time and energy are limited.

My plan is to make a handful of meals and put them into freezer bags for the week.

I know that this concept isn't new, but I had to be 37 to finally give it a shot. 😂

If you have any favorite crockpot meals, please share them! ✍️

#crockpotmeals #crockpotmeal #tomatosoup🍅

I'm always amazed at how much food I can grow in m

I'm always amazed at how much food I can grow in my backyard.

This is the first harvest I've had that hasn't been herbs! I'm so excited for this year's harvests!

#backyardhomesteading #smallspacegardening #backyardgardeners #vegetableharvest #growingmyownfood #urbanhomestead backyard homestead harvest urban homesteading

Do you think you have a black thumb??? Well, liste

Do you think you have a black thumb??? Well, listen up! I'm a firm believer that there's no such thing!

I'm going to be sharing more of my fails on here for you guys so you can see that every gardener makes mistakes or kills something on the regular.

What happened to this cabbage is it went too long and should have been harvested a few days ago.

I went out of town for the holiday and came home to this. 😭💔

You CAN eat cabbage that's split, you just cut the split part out. It won't keep as long as a non-split head though so I'll have to use it right away.

The split part will go to the chickens and that's pretty much always my plan for things that are overripe or bolted (past their prime/went to seed). Worst case they head to the compost pile. Har har. Pun intended.

Fail forward!!!

#gardenfailfriday #gardenfail #cabbage #backyardhomestead #urbanfarmers

Garlic scapes are almost ready for harvest! I need

Garlic scapes are almost ready for harvest! I need to figure out what I'm going to do with them this year.

#garlicscapes #garlicscape #hardneckgarlic #backyardgardens #garlic #growinggarlic

Jam is one thing that I never buy at the grocery s

Jam is one thing that I never buy at the grocery store and mine tastes SO much better than anything you can buy.

I got these strawberries at a local farm that doesn't spray their berries.

My daughters spent the morning together one day and picked 26 lbs of delicious strawberries.

I only can jam every two years and still have some left from 2022.

#homemadejams #homecanning #pantrystaple #strawberryjam🍓 #urbanhomesteader #smallspacegardening

It's amazing to me how much I've accomplished sinc

It's amazing to me how much I've accomplished since building this garden two years ago.

I started with two raised beds, then had four for awhile. Two years ago I started taking growing my own food more seriously.

I wish I documented more of my journey to get here. I didn't document it because my garden isn't the most aesthetically pleasing garden.

I have weeds and chicken bedding everywhere and little odds and ends lying around my garden that never seem to get picked up.

I'm getting older and luckily caring less about how people perceive me and damn does it feel good.

I'd rather have an ugly garden than no garden! 💯

#backyardfarm #smallspacegardening #urbanhomesteader #urbangardeners

I have no idea how many times I go outside just to

I have no idea how many times I go outside just to look at my garden.

Every morning I walk around my garden and I'm amazed how quickly everything has been growing.

The garden is in full swing and I couldn't be happier.

#smallspacegardening #urbanhomesteadlife #backyardhomesteader #growyourownfood🌱 #zone5bgardening #wisconsingardener #junegarden

Herb harvest: 1. Lavender 2. Chamomile 3&4. Bas

Herb harvest:
1. Lavender
2. Chamomile
3&4. Basil
5. Mojito mint

#growyourownherbs #smallspacegardening #backyardgrocerystore

I grew chamomile and mint so I could drink endless

I grew chamomile and mint so I could drink endless cups of tea.

#growingherbs #teaherbs #backyardgrocerystore

Several years ago, my husband and I built two smal

Several years ago, my husband and I built two small raised beds in our backyard. A few years later I purchased two more 4x4 raised beds from Amazon. Fast forward a few years and I tore those beds out and created a 20x20 in-ground garden.

Today, I have about 1,500 square feet of garden with grow bags, raised beds and a large in-ground garden, 4 laying hens and 20 coturnix quail that we hatched from eggs.

In addition to the garden and birds, I preserve my food, cook some food from scratch and I'm slowly learning more about medicinal plants.

If you're interested in homesteading, you can start right where you are. You don't need to be living in a farmhouse in the country.

This belief held me back for so many years! I'm so glad that I looked into homesteading skills that I can start right where I'm at.

I'm also not gonna lie, I have no idea what I'm doing. Google, youtube and a handful of books are where I got my gardening "degree." 😂 My motto is fail forward!

#smallspacegardening #growyourownfood🌱 #beginnerhomesteader #urbanhomesteadlife #backyardgrocerystore #backyardhomesteading #modernhomestead #gardentoplate #beginnergardener #backyardchickens #backyardquail

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