One gardening method I am really interested in is Back to Eden a method created by Paul Goutschi. It will help with so many different things in our garden and orchard. After months of crazy weather we are FINALLY planting the garden! the beginning of our Back to Eden gardening. I’ve used mulch for years in the garden, but the way Paul explains it...gardening with faith combination...I love it! While Back to Eden gardening probably won’t do much more than be a great weed barrier and retain moisture in the garden THIS year 2021. The mulch will be adding so much to our soil over the years! I can’t wait to see the results! We’re happy to be trying so many different things in our BRAND NEW GARDEN. Everything about this year’s garden will be new. We are legit starting this garden from scratch. Hopefully the harvest will be plentiful. We will be moving the pigs again to a new spot. It’s amazing how fast they are plowing up each area! We will be planting the areas they are tilling as well. But of course we’ll be DOING THINGS DIFFERENT in this area as well. We’re happy to be adding pigs to our homestead. We are happy to raise a couple feeder pigs again FINALLY raising our own meat again ?? We hope you enjoy the video. For years we enjoyed gardening, raising chickens, gathering eggs, raising pigs and enjoying our land. We got overwhelmed and ended it all. Since then we've thought things through and have decided to reinvent our little "homestead" if you will. This time we plan to be Doing Things Different. We've started by naming our small farm Abundant Acres. What we don't know, we plan to learn and share our experiences...wins AND fails. Take the journey with us and see some of our favorite parts of this adventure/ Follow us on Facebook - Doing Things Different Pinterest - Doing Things Different Blog - doingthingsdifferent.net Email us @ doingthingsdifferent.net@gmail.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OACppWVlytU

Who doesn’t love mushroom hunting? In our area people look forward to spring nit just for the nicer weather but because the morel mushrooms appear. Hunting and finding morel mushrooms is a fun scavenger hunt. Morel mushroom hunting is a fun way to get outside and take a nice hike through the woods with a chance to find some delicious surprises. Foraging for food has always been a “thing” but in our area mushroom hunting is THE king of foraging. Come along and see if we find any mushrooms. Listen up for the tip on hunting for the prized morel mushrooms. I also was able to find some plants in need of rescuing at our local farm store. I actually was interested in the pots and trays but the broccoli, I mean cauliflower were a delightful bonus! I’m not sure if they’ll make it. But I gave them a spot in one of our hugelkultur beds and we’ll find out I suppose. We also had a couple cute outside projects. We built mini fairy garden. I now have a proper area for propagating plants AND we got the homestead mulched and looking nice. Well I think it looks nice. Just a little bit of mulch can do wonders for curb appeal! For years we enjoyed gardening, raising chickens, gathering eggs, raising pigs and enjoying our land. We got overwhelmed and ended it all. Since then we've thought things through and have decided to reinvent our little "homestead" if you will. This time we plan to be Doing Things Different. We've started by naming our small farm Abundant Acres. What we don't know, we plan to learn and share our experiences...wins AND fails. Take the journey with us and see some of our favorite parts of this adventure/ Follow us on Facebook - Doing Things Different Pinterest - Doing Things Different Blog - doingthingsdifferent.net Email us @ doingthingsdifferent.net@gmail.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UeSOGRx6HQ