Spring planting time has arrived!

The weather in Pittsburgh is gorgeous!

The sun is shining-the birds are singing-the seedlings for transplant have been outside for a week and are growing like gangbusters!

I am going to start planting some carrots,beets,onions,potatoes and a few other root veggies today and through the weekend.

Have to get some chicken wire and hay to raise the potatoes this year-trying a different way- you can see folks all over You tube raising potatoes in the chicken wire rounds- no weeding or digging - and the harvest is massive! Sounds like an utter win win to me!

I am planting today amongst my flower beds- just a bit here and there-no one will notice the veggies as their eyes will be drawn to the flowers.

I AM putting in a regular row garden as well-but if the SHTF I think having some hidden gardens is a good idea. I am planting quite abit in buckets too to keep moveable!

I just have a funny feeling about this year-the economy and the Solar Flairs-and want to be prepared to lay low as much as possible .

I decided yesterday-even if I didn't have these concerns I will always prep- my Grandmother lived through the Great Depression-she said on the farm you barely noticed it- as they had everything they needed and always made their own clothes,chopped wood,grew everything and traded eggs at the store for sugar,chocolate,coffee and flour!

I intend to get back to that level of self sufficiency in a smaller way of course-I am an Urban Homesteader!

We have to use the acre we have in a wise way and waste no space- but done right we can have chickens for eggs , honey bees, milking goats and meat rabbits.We can grow pretty much everything we need to eat veggie wise - and this year plan on putting  in some fruit trees, berry bushes and grapes!

HMMM_maybe puttin some nut trees-though they take years to produce- I can do it for my children and theirs..for 7 generations we serve!!

I want to relearn old life skills this upcoming year- how to make my own soap & candles, how to corn beef ,to make saeurkraut and wine...start sewing again ! I plan to do alot of dehydrating -I have to prep on the cheap ya know!

Anyhoo-the sun is shining-the birds are singing-the weather is perfect so instead of sittin here jawwin I need to get in my gardening clothes and get to work!!

Have a blessed day!