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 No.1308

any homesteaders on /out/? halfchan /out/ had some pretty great threads about it so why not do a general homestead thread on here as well.

let's discuss land prices, legal shit and food.

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 No.1324

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>>1308

Just bought my first house and have been playing around with different plants to see what is easy to grow in my climate.

My corn and peas mostly failed (too much wind/rain and poor grade soil/compost). But my Russian red kayle grew like crazy in partial shade with almost zero input from me. It covers all the weeds too so barely any weeding required. Tastes pretty bad but very nutrient dense so highly recommend it.

Got some pumpkins barely surviving too but I don't think it's warm enough where I live.

Current issues are the tomatoes I've got growing in my greenhouse need way more water than I can provide without some kind of hose/timer setup.

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 No.1325

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>>1324

Current goals are to get a large potato patch ready for next year.

Then 4-5 laying hens.

Also planting some orchard trees but likely won't get anything from them for 4-5 years.

Homesteading is pretty tough and a slow learning process without a large family to help out..

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 No.1334

>>1325

>without a large family to help out

Sounds like you know what you need to do.

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 No.1341

>>1334

Awwwww his he does.

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 No.1421

I live in the city but I have a tiny ass flower bed in my yard. Here's my experience:

>cherry tomatos

Planted a plant I bought back in November last year or so. Added about 50% to its height and gave me less than 10 tomatoes. They tasted great but bit of a waste seeing as the plant was $20.

Also planted some seed around February or so. That one grew like a monster. Got about 5-10 tomatoes around April that year. Had to water a lot through the Texas summer for it to not dry, but around September it started giving more fruit. In all, I must have gotten 15-20 tomatoes so far from it, and there's about 15 more green ones on it right now. Grew like crazy and completely took over my yard, destroyed the cage I put up, not sure what to do with it. Unfortunately I suspect it might die with the colds lately.

>bell peppers

Tried to plant seed in a pot, made a small 6 in sprout, a flower, but then kinda died. Maybe irregular watering was part of it.

>Strawberry

Bought a plant and planted it. Over 2-3 months got about 4 strawberries. That was 8 months ago, it's still alive but I don't think it will produce any more fruit. Problem with the berries is they rot pretty fast, you have to check it every day pretty much.

>Potato

Had an old potato going green, so I planted it. Got army worms very quick. Bt toxin worked like a charm for that. After getting to ~1-1.5 ft high over 2-3 months, I got some flowers, a week after those appeared I dug it up. I think I jumped the gun, potatos were all smaller than an inch, very irregularly shaped. Fried em up and ate them, they were okay. Tasted like potatos, but not as good as some of the better store ones.

Climate is nice here but way too dry and hot. You have to water constantly, it's a bitch to do by hand since some days I really don't feel like it.

>>1308

>halfchan /out/ had some pretty great threads about it

You should repost some good material. It'll drive traffic and stimulate discussion.

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 No.1424

>>1324

Kale is a solid edible, it can be munched by insects, take hard frost, outright neglect and hot dry summers, find a variety that works in your area and you will always have greens. I also find spring onions, mustard greens, and rocket will grow easy and will self seed.

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 No.1425

>>1421

I am in south Australia so same hot and dry but I am in a slightly cooler area. I have found you need to be willing to experiment to get stuff to grow, like you said tomatoes drink like crazy in the dry, but I find I have most success growing them in shade the best varieties for me seem to be Roma and black Russian. Things like pumpkin I do not plant on a mound like they say but in a ditch, it gives water time to soak in before evaporating. Its all trial and error with a bit guess work in harsh…ish climates.

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 No.1426

>>1425

That's a good point, actually. I hadn't thought of that, the main reason I planted cherry tomatoes was that those are the ones I like to eat most. I should really try some of the other varieties.

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 No.1451

>>1421

So your issue with the tomatoes my friend is that you probably weren't pruning them appropriately.

When buying breeds you want to buy heirloom tomatoes if possible try and buy non-determinate tomatoes, and prune back accordingly, the plant will focus on producing fruits instead of more stems.

Also you can clone your plants, by getting one of the offshoot stems and letting it sit on the sill in some water, it will grow root stock and you can plant it from that for more tomatoes.

If your space is limited my recommendation is to purchase a big bag of potting mix, or two small individual bags, and plant the tomatoes in the soil mix by cutting a small square in the bag.

The mass tends to be more water efficient, and you don't need to worry about soil quality.

Also add some seaweed extract to the water mixture and you should see a great improvement.

Look up MIGardener on Youtube, he is a master when it comes to Tomatoes.

Peppers tend to be difficult to grow, so your better off looking for resources on container gardening, if it is available to grow then you can grow it.

Also to create the perfect alternative to watering your plants, get pop bottles, 2 litres will support a small plant, or the five litre big jugs.

1) Cut three quarters down the jug evenly.

2) Paint the whole thing white or black with non-toxic paint (not necessary, but stops the growth of fungus, helps the roots, and prevent algae.)

3) Buy a membrane sheet from a local hardware store, this will be in the plant section and is meant to be put in the bottom of seed modules, you cut it into inch wide long strips.

4) Drill through the cap to make a hole to thread the membrane through, with the longer part of the strip touching the bottom of the catch pan. Turn upside down and place in catch pan, making sure it all fits snugly.

5) Add water to catch pan, add soil to top pan, and add plant, and voila a self watering plant system. Now all you need to do is top up the reservoirs and your plants will do the rest.

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 No.1452

>>1451

>Also to create the perfect alternative to watering your plants, get pop bottles, 2 litres will support a small plant, or the five litre big jugs.

I was actually thinking about this recently. However I wish that instead of relying on capillary action I thought I could have a drip irrigation setup where I can control the water volume precisely. Unfortunately though for this to work I'd need a micron-sized opening, and there's apparently no valve or pressure regulator designed for such small flows. And everybody seems to be using electronic valves with timer to water on a schedule, which to me is retarded. Who uses a computer to water a bunch of yard plants?

Anyway, I might try to make the micron slit with a razor blade once I have more time. And the capillary method you mention as well.

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 No.1475

800m² of garden here, got all kinds of berries but can't be bothered for the fuck of it to translate their names. They're the green and red spikey kind (Stachelbeere), the black red and white pearl like kind (Johannisbeere), red and yellow Himbeere, also got multiple apple trees, a plume tree, some wild cherry trees and tons of rhubarb that I harvested last month. Overall I didn't do many plots for vegetables, was busy freeing the area from overgrowth. Will also have black Brombeeren later on.

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