How is everyone doing dealing with this heat??? I hope those affected by it are all staying as cool as possible. Next week is going to be brutal. I'm so glad I put the shade cloth up on my greenhouse. The plants are loving it. Anyone have anything to share as to how you're making g the best out of it??? I water my garden in the morning and have milk jugs filled with rain water, a small hole in the bottom with jute twine sticking out of it to use as a drip irrigation system for my plants. My tomatoes don't rip or get stressed out because they have constant moist soil with no danger of rotting roots. It also helps save water because the jugs last for almost a week. Keeping the soil moist in-between watering. Here's a YT video showing how to do it without the jute twine. Get creative, do what works for you. I like th twine because I can direct the twine to several plants at a time without being wasteful https://youtu.be/XlY9EWmeQW4?si=Bdy_T0F5YqDmaZjm

Ever wonder why more people don’t choose this path? Homesteading offers deep rewards—connection to land, food, meaning, resilience. And yet... most people run the other way. Why? Because modern culture doesn’t prioritize resilience. It prioritizes comfort, convenience, and efficiency—at all costs. It’s easier to tap a screen and get groceries in 20 minutes than to grow a tomato. Easier to blast the A/C than to insulate with intention. Easier to numb out than to dig in—literally and figuratively. But here’s the thing no one talks about: Comfort is fragile. Efficiency without soul is empty. Homesteading isn’t easy. It asks a lot of you. But it gives you something that modern life rarely does: meaning. Not abstract meaning. Real, gritty, hands-in-the-soil, feeding-your-family, earning-your-heat kind of meaning. The kind that can't be bought on Amazon. Most people avoid homesteading because they’ve been trained to outsource their needs—food, energy, even their sense of purpose. But those of us walking this path… we know. There’s freedom in the work. There’s joy in the slowness. And there’s strength in choosing resilience over convenience. Let’s talk: What was the biggest mindset shift for you when stepping into this life? What keeps you going when the path gets hard? 👇 Share your story. Let’s inspire the next wave.

Hi everyone! While I was studying architecture, I stumbled upon permaculture and bought a book by Ross Mars. Very interesting and I learned a lot. However, I don't have my own property yet. I'm single and live in Costa Rica. Eventually I hope to put in practice what I've learned, in the meantime I want to be in groups that share my common interests, and this is one of them! Other interests I pursue are quilting, canning, knowledge about tropical fruit plants, and I'd like to learn more about edible mushrooms in this area of the world. I'm Christian, celiac, and ovo lacto vegetarian. Thanks for accepting me into this group!

I just joined this community. I have a lot to learn about permaculture and regenerative agriculture.

Pick the biggest reason even if all apply, elaborate down below