Continuing my seasonal updates on the progress of my vineyard experiment with staple crops planted between rows of grapes in my regenerative vineyard. In this video I talk about the impact of heavy and consistent rains on the grapes, and on the intercropping I’ve done between the rows of grapes. Imagine growing not only grapes, but squash, melons, and staple crops like dry beans in one space. #vineyard #organicgrapes #selfsufficiency
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Last season a major goal of mine was to plant more staple crops for food. In past years, I’ve intercropped vegetables in my vineyard, but this time I decided to try dry beans, since they are a great staple, they’re easy to grow in large amounts, and they can be low growing, which is important to maintaining good air flow in the vineyard. Some of my upcoming videos are going to be showing you how this experiment went in the vineyard.
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One of the big challenges to living in a tiny house and wanting to homestead is the limited storage space for your produce. You have to move your harvest through your tiny space and find room for it during peak harvest times. This usually means your home is a constant staging area for processing your harvest. My home is no different.
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Last year I captured a swarm of bees and set myself up a new hive. I’ve never done beekeeping so this was a learning experience. But considering how little effort it’s required so far, I’m in for the long haul. Maybe I’m naive, but so far I haven’t had any problems and all I’ve gotten was a huge harvest of delicious natural local sugar.
In this vlog we head out to my vineyard to check on the hive and do some stuff with the grapes. I’ll also explain some of the ways I’m making use of the honey I harvested this season.
Many years ago I left the city life and the rat race to homestead in an ecovillage in rural Missouri. Now I set my own schedule as a digital homesteader, working part time to make ends meet while I grow as much of my own food as possible.
In so many homesteading videos they seem to talk about their gardens and give you a tour, but rarely do they seem to show you what they’re actually harvesting and eating. Many will also exaggerate the amount of food they’re growing for themselves. I don’t do that. I’ll show you what I harvest and I’ll be realistic about the limits of what I can produce for myself.
I always hope my videos will give inspiration to some to ditch the 9-5 and live a simpler life off the land. And don’t forget to cooperate with your neighbors because it’s impossible to go it alone.
This is a typical day for me during the season living a more sustainable life in an ecovillage. Part of living sustainably is growing and producing most of my own food, whether it’s planting seeds or making everything from scratch.
