The Future of Country Tough Homesteading Oct 17, 2024

With the possible sale of Von Holten Ranch, Country Tough Homesteading is going from having a yearly expo and in-person classes to having products available for shipping, monthly online classes, and in-person classes. 

In-person classes will have a shorter time frame to enroll because if VHR...

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Answers to Your Questions About the Future of Von Holten Ranch Sep 27, 2024

Here are the questions that we have been getting asked. If you haven’t already heard, we are selling Von Holten Ranch. 

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If you want a full explanation of why we are selling, go to our Von Holten Ranch Facebook page to see all the details. (the post...

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Planting Garlic fall planting gardening growing garlic planting garlic self sufficient Dec 10, 2023

Fall is the time for planting garlic on your homestead. Garlic bulbs take a long time to develop, so you won't be harvesting your crop until sometime in July or even August.

There are two main types of garlic, hardneck and softneck. The best type for you will depend on your hardiness zone. If you...

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Why Are Nut Trees Important to Country Tough Homesteaders? black walnuts eating from the earth foraging free foods homesteading tree nuts wild nuts wildfoods Nov 06, 2023

At its most basic level, homesteading is about producing calories. This may be the first time you've heard it stated this way, so let's take a minute to think about it. Most of us came to homesteading because we wanted self-sufficiency; we wanted to provide for our own needs to the greatest...

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