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Homesteading Fruits articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Food Forever: Creating a Perennial Food Forest

Growing our own produce is an important part of the homesteading lifestyle.…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
With the increased interest in homegrown foods there is an increased supply of options for growing dwarf fruit trees
Food

The One-acre Orchard

The rest of the country is catching on to what homesteaders have…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters
Johnny Appleseed apples

Johnny Appleseed: The Myth and the Man

There are still those who think he was a myth, which is…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
overwatered tomatoes
Food

Rotten Tomatoes: Man vs. Monsoon

In May, my husband Donnie planted 31 tomato plants, everything from Bush…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
The Pawpaw: America’s Secret Native Fruit
Foraging

The Pawpaw: America’s Secret Native Fruit

Ozark banana. Quaker delight. Asimoya. Hillbilly mango. This relatively obscure fruit goes by…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst
how to Prevent-Tomato-Disease
Food

How To Prevent Tomato Diseases

Nothing can compare to the taste of fresh tomatoes, just picked from…

Biljana Tadic Biljana Tadic
If you'd like to add to your edible landscape, learn how to grow goji berries and elderberries on your homestead.
Edible landscaping

Edible Landscape Additions: Elderberries and Goji Berries

If you are looking for hardy additions to your edible landscape, elderberries…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Oldest Cultivated Plant facts about figs
Canning

Give a Fig – New Facts on the Oldest Cultivated Plant

My connection with figs began early.  I would have been no older…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
Cooking and Fermenting with Juniper Berries
Fermentation

Cooking and Fermenting with Juniper Berries

I haven’t met a homesteader who doesn’t enjoy good food but even…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
how to make homemade applesauce
Amish

Homemade Applesauce: Accept No Substitutes!

My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina,…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
Growing Currants on the Homestead

Growing Currants on the Homestead

Growing currants on your homestead provides several benefits. A perennial plant that…

Biljana Tadic Biljana Tadic
Growing Persimmons From Seed homesteading
Foraging

Growing Persimmons From Seed: An Unusual Fruit For Your Homestead

Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead.…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores