Beginner Homestead

Beginner Homestead Welcome to Beginner Homestead. It won’t always be called this. But right now this is our very beginning and that’s why I’ve named it that.

If you’re interested in watching us build something out of nothing then we welcome you with open arms!

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08/08/2026

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08/07/2026

Most days this garden feels like more than I can keep up with…. But here I am planting more.

Seriously.. it’s repetitive for me right now.. harvesting, preserving, weeding, watering, and trying to stay ahead of it all. Keeping my TINY TINY kitchen clean enough to do all of the things is even more overwhelming. But one thing I’ve learned is that if i want this to work.. I have to work! Even when I’m tired and feeling BURNT OUT.

Today I transplanted bok choy and broccoli for the fall garden. And if you’ve been following along, you know why I’m especially excited about the broccoli.. 🥦 after accidentally planting 11 broccoli raab this year when I thought I was growing regular broccoli. 😅

Here’s to learning as we go, making mistakes, and planting anyway. 🌱💚

Who else is already working on a fall garden?

Sorry Bagworms!! You picked the wrong berry bush!! 🐛 Bagworms are destructive pests that can quickly kill trees and shr...
08/05/2026

Sorry Bagworms!! You picked the wrong berry bush!!

🐛 Bagworms are destructive pests that can quickly kill trees and shrubs if left alone.

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They feed on the needles and leaves of more than 100 types of trees and plants, especially arborvitae, cedar, juniper, spruce, and evergreen shrubs like pine.
Each bag you see contains a caterpillar that hides inside a protective case made from silk and pieces of the plant it’s eating. I found this one hanging on our blackberry bushes.

A single female can lay 500–1,000 eggs (BLEH 🤢) inside her bag before she dies, leading to a much larger infestation the following year.

If you find bagworms, pick them off and destroy them by torching them, drowning them in soap, or sealing them in something and throw them away because tossing them on the ground may allow eggs to survive.

⚠️ Heavy infestations can completely defoliate and even kill evergreen trees because they don’t recover as easily as deciduous trees.

The sooner you remove them, the better. Catching just a few bagworms now can prevent hundreds or even thousands in the next season.

Happy Gardening!

08/05/2026

We live and we learn. Garden year three has been a pretty decent success. We’re clearing out some dying plants, some weeds, my tomatoes are laying on the ground so that’s on my to-do list.

Today I have planted carrots, harvested rhubarb, and now planting more onion bulbs for our first year fall garden!! so excited

08/05/2026

Thank you all so much for your comments on my cabbage video. We had so much going on that. I probably have left the big leaves out there with the worms on them for too long and I’m going to remove them today hopefully and we’ve got diatomaceous earth on the way! If it would ever stop raining, we could keep it on the plants and we would be probably just fine

I have lots of cabbages still out there, so I’m holding a little bit of hope for those but I was very, very happy to open up this cabbage this morning and find out that it was indeed not eaten up!!

08/05/2026

I’m not even going to pretend that we are perfect. Our garden is struggling pretty bad right now and I’m not very happy about it 😭😭

08/04/2026

How I am feeling about gardening right about now

08/03/2026

Two minute devastating video of my cabbage, but I’m going to make the best of it.

I’m out here just raw do**in life and it shows🤣🤣

Stick around to the end of the video to hear my daughter’s hilarious opinion of cabbage 🥬

Everyone have a blessed day❤️

08/03/2026

They look so much alike!! any guesses??

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