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This category covers all topics that do not directly fit into permaculture principles, forest garden design, and unusual food plants.

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Blackberry Primocane Blackberry Floricane Info You’ll Love

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 12, 2017
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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

Food Forest Weeding or Forest Garden Weeding A How To

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 7, 2017
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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

Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade Another How To

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 6, 2017
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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 →

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Unusual Edible Plants to Grow in Full Bloom at the Homestead

  • By Todd McCree
  • April 25, 2017
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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

Sustainable Homesteading in WV Spring 2017 – Great Info

  • By Todd McCree
  • April 16, 2017
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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 →

Indoor Plantings Update - Seedlings

Indoor Plantings Update – Plants Started in the Basement

  • By Todd McCree
  • March 16, 2017
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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 →

Michael Judds Round Straw Bale House

Michael Judds Round Straw Bale House – What You Need to Know

  • By Todd McCree
  • March 6, 2017
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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 →

Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 3 - Inside Projects - Red Wigglers

Awesome Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 3 – Inside Projects

  • By Todd McCree
  • February 14, 2017
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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 →

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Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 2 Good Info for You

  • By Todd McCree
  • February 13, 2017
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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 →

Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 1 - Rose of Sharon

Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 1 Good Info For You

  • By Todd McCree
  • February 12, 2017
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This is a Sustainable Homesteading in Maryland Part 1.  I took the video and it was quite long so I had to break it up into three parts.  Part 1 … Continue Reading →

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