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For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere its time to start thinking of planting your garden. We have already started a LOT of plant starts indoors. But some things can go out in the garden RIGHT NOW, even in Zone 7, where we are. The first things to plant in the spring are: Spinach Garden Peas Mustards Chard All of these can take cold weather. We have had our pea plants buried in the snow before, and they did great. Only the blossoms are damaged by frost, and it will be 8 weeks before they start to blossom. If we don't plant our garden peas now, we will never get a good harvest. Our spring cool season is very short. The humid, hot summer comes quickly around here, and the peas just mildew out and die. We have to plant a fast-growing variety, or we will not get a harvest. We still have one bag from last year!

https://youtu.be/sqODqUXunpc Keep track of your fruit tree and bush varieties is important. I have never found tags that are up to the task so we started making our own. When you start grafting your own trees and trading varieties with fellow homesteaders it is really important that you can tell people what you have to offer.

The State of Florida recently tested bread sold in the grocery stores. The level of glyphosate (round up) is off the charts. Thankfully not all brands had it, but the bread we buy is not on there. This is happening because the lays changed years ago allowing farmers to spray glyphosate on the wheat crop just BEFORE harvest. Roundup is being used as a desiccant (drying agent) on finished crops. Not only is it allowed, it is encouraged by the chemical manufacturers, even though they know the poison is getting into the food supply. Our food system in America has been highjacked by large corporations that are poisoning us for profit.

What’s one homesteading skill you wish you’d learned sooner? I'll go first