by Eva van Strijp | Mar 26, 2024 | Gardening, Self-Sufficiency
Need to start growing food this season? Hey, it’s 2024. Who doesn’t?! 😳 Normally, I plant seeds each year, but last year my seeds were taken by ants and mice and by the time we starting growing anything, we had been set back by 6-8 weeks, so I decided to...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 29, 2024 | Gardening, Simple Living
If we are dependent on the supermarket for every piece of food on every plate we dish up, we are absolutely at the mercy of fluctuating prices. And when I say “fluctuating”, I mean “rising”. Currently, cauliflowers are almost $9 each. Two months ago, they were half...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 6, 2024 | Gardening, Self-Sufficiency, Simple Living
There are so many wonderful homesteaders and handmakers here on the internet and it can be tempting to look at the vast amounts of food they produce and store and feel pretty inept. They wouldn’t want that for you. They know better than anyone how much time and energy...
by Eva van Strijp | Dec 4, 2023 | Gardening
Unpopular opinion: “Lazy gardening” often yields the best harvests. Actually it’s more like a time-proven strategy than an opinion… Let some of your plants go to seed. Let them die and fall from the plant and rot into the earth. Plant your winter crops, harvest and...
by Eva van Strijp | Aug 23, 2022 | Gardening, Simple Living
I saw some click-bait this morning about the most “terrifying” aisle at the supermarket. The article was referring to the price of veggies and fruit which went up 7.3% and 3.7% respectively between March and June 2022. I get that it’s fear-driven journalism tactics to...
by Eva van Strijp | Jan 22, 2022 | Gardening
When people see my veggie patch, I’m usually met with comments about how much weeding must be involved. Actually, weeding takes a very small portion of time. I tend to pick a few weeds out each time I walk past so it never feels like an onerous task. What is onerous...
