Category: General

This Harvesting Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchoke post explains how to harvest this interesting tuberous plant and how to store and prepare the tubers. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon!  If … Continue Reading →

This Blackberry Primocane Blackberry Floricane post explains and shows the difference between the two canes on this perennial plant with biennial canes. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon!  If … Continue Reading →

Food Forest Weeding or Forest Garden Weeding is about advantaging wanted plants and disadvantaging weeds in the first two years of a food forest. Great Escape Farms is now on … Continue Reading →

Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade is about my 1200 gallon to 4500 Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade.  I’m in the process of moving from four 300-gallon IBC totes to three 1550-gallon … Continue Reading →

This video shows our Unusual Edible Plants to Grow in Full Bloom.  We take a walk through the urban homestead and look at all of the unusual edible plants that … Continue Reading →

Sustainable Homesteading in WV Spring 2017 goes over several topics including an update on the groundhog, organizing the shed, Winter Propagation Bed Transplanting, garden cleanup, and paw paw tree mulching. Great … Continue Reading →

This post is an Indoor Plantings Update from the backyard nursery at Great Escape Farms.  All of the plants I’m talking about today were planted in the basement under grow … Continue Reading →

This post is about Michael Judds Round Straw Bale House.  Michael explains the construction and efficiencies of his round straw bale house.  They have been working on this project for … Continue Reading →

This is a Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 3 – Inside Projects.  Part 3 is the last in this series and focuses on the inside projects.  Part 1 and 2 … Continue Reading →

This is a Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 2.  I took the video and it was quite long so I had to break it up into three parts.  Part 1 … Continue Reading →