Roost'n Roots

14/11/2024

Happy follow-versary to my awesome followers. Thanks for all your support! Ana de León

14/11/2024

Happy follow-versary to our awesome friend and follower, Ana de León Thanks for all your support!

12/11/2024

Do you have tips or ideas on how to reduce or eliminate disposable products, from your day-to-day lives, to save money and or reduce landfill waste?

Here are a few examples of what we've done at our Roost'n Roots NC' homestead:

Cut dry old shirts and towels to replace 80%-85% of disposable paper towels

Cut old shirts and towels stored in a
repurposed lid container soaked with Castile Soap, vinegar and water to replace disposable sanitized wipes

Save 98% of non gloss mail in a large bag/cardboard box to start our fires

Reuse 85%-90% of non gloss and chemical-free cardboard to suppress w**ds and or to establish a 'No Dig' / 'No Till' garden

10/11/2024

Did you know that you can cut your leafy lettuce (not heads) 3-4 times on a single plant? This method is called 'cut and come again'. Jen and I marvel at the resilience of lettuce growing back.

We also do the same with our Kale. Right now we have two Kale plants that are 7 months old and we're still eating off of them.

10/11/2024

Our Habanero, Poblano and Pepperoncini peppers are still thriving.

08/11/2024

The few and the proud 😀

26/10/2024

We achieved our goal of clearing the dense growth of w**ds and crabgrass, and covering the area beyond the furthest Fig Tree with: a double layer of cardboard, and a thick layer of aged 14 month old mulch.

25/10/2024

Our Fig Trees are Free and Open! No more Poke W**d, Virginia Creeper, Poison Ivy or Crab Grass.

Christian did a great job helping to w**d, laying down a double barrier of cardboard and topping with a 5" layer of mulch.

And we got a little neighborly love from Beth. She cut down some branches. Thank you ❣️

23/10/2024

Craig was talking to some of our chickens ❤️

23/10/2024

My son caught six chickens for us with his bare hands. Thank you, Christian.

19/10/2024

Our first time growing peppers in our house. We currently have Habanero, Serrano, Ghost and Tabasco peppers in our plant room. These plants will grow indoors all year round.

19/10/2024

Christian shaved a little so that his new chick will stand out 🥰

13/10/2024

Hey friends!

Jen and I are now doing research to make healthy food for our dogs. A friend of ours, Lisa, tuned us to Dr. Peter Tobias who has a blog, YouTube Channel, and wrote several books on wellness for canines.

Knowing what the right raw bones are for your dog is so important. Learn what bones are safe to feed your dog and what ones you should avoid.

10/10/2024

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded an ongoing egg recall to Class 1, its highest categorization, signaling the product may cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

28/09/2024

Our homestead was overflowing from various types of peppers.

We had two Pepperoncini plants that produced over 390 peppers.

We had one Habanero plant that produced over 200 peppers.

And there were two cowhorn plants that produced about 180 peppers.

Additionally, we had two Anaheim Chili plants that produced over 300 peppers.

Lastly, we had two Poblano and two Jalapeno plants that produced over 250 peppers each.