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Mapping Out the Grand Plan for Chayotix Homestead
Leading Up to the Plan Somehow, I forgot to share what the main plan for Chayotix Homestead is! A couple of years ago, I bought a book about being self-sufficient on a quarter acre of land. It happened that the land I bought mostly matched the imaginary set up the book gave as an example…
Building Up the Traditional Tilled Plots with Drip Irrigation
Irrigation Setup: Take One Running into dehydrated plants this summer, we looked into automating the watering. We stumbled on an inexpensive drip irrigation kit online with bending adjustable sprayers. We’d already harvested what was available in the traditional plots but wanted to test if we could manage pumpkins before Halloween. (We couldn’t- squash bugs. Enough…
The Beginning! Failure to Failure…. For Now!
It’s said the best place to start a story is at the beginning! Initially, I considered the purchase of my home to be the beginning of Chayotix Homestead. Recent times spent with other homesteaders around the world taught me that homesteading is a state of mind. So, if we’re calling *that* point the beginning, my…