#desert homestead

[christenhelm]

Hello!

Is this thing still even on?

A lot has happened in 7 years.

We bought a house in the city.

We sold a house. (2022)

We currently live in a Van traveling the US. (2023)

We purchased land where we can truly live this sustainable life we’ve dreamed of. We will create the homestead we dreamed about.

5 acres of solitude in Arizona high desert. It’s even more beautiful in person.

I’ve always preferred Tumblr to IG for blogging life. So…. I’m back!

#selfs sustainable #homestead #desert homestead #gardening #self sufficient #self sustainable #welcome back baby #van life

[desertlillian]

I love my land

Visited my raw land this last weekend full of runt mesquites & cacti. It speaks to my soul & makes me so excited for my life as I work towards a homestead.

#cacti #western core #land #raw land #desert homestead #homestead

[ecoamerica]

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[frankfosterphotography]

homestead ruins,

Joshua Tree National Park, California.

#abandoned #homestead #california #photographers on tumblr #landscape #original photography #desert #architecture #color photography #national park #joshua tree national park #frank foster

[burnsoregonphotoblog]

"Coyote Jack" A Noted Trapper of Harney County Ore.

#oregon #eastern oregon #harneycounty #the great pnw #the old west #oregonoutback #pnw #oregon outback #harney county #sagebrush #coyote #homesteader #the high desert #the pacific northwest

[thestudentfarmer]

Garden update today :)

We had some more gloomy wet weather so unfortunatly some chores and errands fell through and I'm a little behind on some maintenance as well as seed uppotting

Sadly I don't think any of my peppers are going to grow. A few of the tomatoes have sprouted so there is at least that. Unfortunatly i dont think they will be ready for transplanting by valentines day. They'll be a little behind anyways.

Here's the cabbages now~

I'm very excited to see these growing so well this season :D they are transplanted and these 4 are the survivers so far.

The carrots (don't mind the weeds, I'll be yanking them as soon as I catch up, as long as I get them before seed they make excellent salads for the chickens)

The nasturtium, there's some flowers tucked up inside them, a few yellows this season, not to many red or orange so far.

The broccoli and a close up of one that seems to be growing multiple little florets now :D

The lentils I put in the L bed are starting to sprout now too :) I think this upcoming season I may plant cucumbers or melons of some sort.

And a bit excited, a lil garlic peice is starting to peek through!!

Oh! I also saw 2 of the wild love parrots this morning in one of the neighbors' trees!!! I have no choice but to always have sunflowers growing and will need to accommodate some grow space for them now 😂 their pretty rarely sighted in the area im at so I am super stoked to see them.

hopefully, they are able to find enough food to hang out for more than flying through, and that people get to see why having green spaces in cities is important to more than just human benefit.

That's it for now :)

🌱🌻Happy homesteading and gardening 🌻🌱

1 26 2024

#homesteading #thestudentfarmer #studentfarmer #self sufficiency #food #garden #gardening #urban green spaces #urban homesteading #urban gardening #whole foods #food rights #right to grow #food is a human right #small scale #grow what you eat #grow what you can #frugal living #surviving food desert #chickens #will it grow? #live with nature #green spaces #gardens not yards #wild plant

[thewanderingpalomino]

colorful western moodboard

#western #moodboard #colorfulwestern #wildflowers #desert #terracotta #hippie #artsycowgirl #thewanderingpalomino #wanderingpalomino #homestead #punchy #cowgirl

[ecoamerica]

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[fortunaestalta]

#digital art #digital illustration #artists on tumblr #Adobe house #homestead #Southwestern #desert living

[ovrgrwn]

I am honored to steward this small piece of heaven 🤍 1.18.23

#hi snow #winter #landscape #winter storm #snow #forest #high desert #southwest #homestead #aesthetic #ponderosa pine #cactus #snowstorm #nature #winter landscape #ovrgrwn #fav

[dougielombax]

The Lars homestead is like an igloo.

But also NOT.

Because, you know.

It’s in the middle of a FUCKING desert.

Okay it’s more of a sand igloo.

#personal stuff #dougie rambles #Star Wars #my poor attempt at a joke #lars homestead #this sounded better in my head #shut up #igloo #desert #tunisia #tatooine #sand #sand igloo

[reztruck]

Saw someone wrote Nacho would own a cattle ranch in Manitoba (if he was still alive) and like no he wouldn’t !!!!!

#get your homesteading fantasies off of my favs #I saw on someone reply to something on twitter….I’ve been thinking about it #bc of how unenviromental unfriendly they are and they aren’t even indigenous to the land #not like I expect a character who lived in a desert to know that #like god no he wouldn’t #I don’t consider myself a Nacho fan bc I find others like him #more than I do but I think they would agree that he wouldn’t #I know it is a ref to Mando but now I can’t stop thinking about Nacho living in Manitoba lol #baby you wouldn’t survive the Winnipeg winters <3

[logi1974]

Desert Homestead Outpost (previously Kulala Wilderness Tented Camp) is located southeast of Sesriem in the Namib-Naukluft National Park. On the edge of the Namib, the oldest desert in the world, wildlife is fascinating in its adaptation to the harsh conditions. Sparse, yet thrilling to see, are Springbok, Oryx, Ostrich, bat-eared Fox, the rarely seen Aardwolf and many small fauna. Excursions to the incredible dunes of Sossusvlei are a must. As are guided walks and scenic nature drives.

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Das Desert Homestead Outpost (ehemals Kulala Wilderness Tented Camp) liegt südöstlich von Sesriem im Namib-Naukluft-Nationalpark. Am Rande der Namib, der ältesten Wüste der Welt, ist die Tierwelt in ihrer Anpassung an die rauen Bedingungen faszinierend. Spärlich, aber spannend zu sehen, sind Springböcke, Oryx, Strauße, Löffelhunde, der selten zu sehende Erdwolf und viele kleine Tiere. Ausflüge zu den unglaublichen Sossusvlei Dünen sind ein Muss. Ebenso wie geführte Wanderungen und malerische Naturfahrten.

#Desert Homestead Outpost #namib naukluft #namib desert #Namibia #Afrika #Africa

[christenhelm]

Life can be pretty nice out here sometimes.

#desert homestead #homestead #sunset #christenhelm

[frankfosterphotography]

ruins,

Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua Tree, California.

#joshua tree national park #california #photographers on tumblr #color photography #landscape #original photography #desert #architecture #national park #homestead #abandoned #frank foster

[woetotheconquered]

I woke up to a strange Chihuahua outside my house.

Yo. If you live in the desert, pro-tip: your tiny dog is prey.

If you have a small pet in the desert you NEED TO KEEP THEM CONTAINED AT ALL COSTS.

Your neighbors have roosters with deadly spurs who WILL KILL THOSE PETS. We also have bigger dogs who will kill trespassing animals.

The biome itself is FULL OF SMALL ANIMAL KILLERS, some of which are dangerous to humans out looking for their little pet, such as spiders, snakes, scorpions, crows, owls, coyotes, mountain lions and javelinas.

Be mindful of your choice of pet and be active in keeping your animal ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IN YOUR SIGHT.

#psa #desert #homesteading #animals #pets

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello hello~

I've got some garden pic updates :)

New sunflower patch, I'm only doing a small patch here as It's to tide over till I get some more scaping/zoning planned up. These are from 4th gen mix seeds (I got them from some friends and classmates)

Same row, I purchased some jalapeno starts as the peppers I seed started are still super small currently.

Same tows, some super late starting spinach. I'm letting it grow to see if I can see what seeding for spinach is like and share that with you all :)

In the white line/square is a wild seeded chamomile plant. I pulled it and gave it to the chickens as a treat.

Further up is the remaining carrots and some tomato starts we purchased, now interplanted with them. There's 2 slicer types and a grape variety. I don't remember offhand if they are determinate or indeterminate. Unfortunately the ones I seed started died off once they were returned outside.

:( thankfully we've all agreed to go light on tomatoes this year due to that.

In ground some direct seeded squash, these are a patty pan/Starburst variety and a couple zuchinni. With luck this year we avoid the squash bugs!

The direct seeded nasturtium in the back and front is careless wildseeded chamomile (I swear it's the best way to grow it and will be sowing another patch like this)

The few eggplants I've left for now have flowers, pointed to by the white arrows.

And the broccoli currently, the seeds aren't ready quite yet, but I pulled a pod the birds got to to check them, still pretty green but the seeds are of good size. Still lots of lovely flowers for the various pollinators of the area. Unlike carrot flowers, broccoli seems to attract mostly bees (the honeybees) I haven't seen too many butterflies, moths, flies or otherwise.

Just a bee enjoying some broccoli pollen~

For pest report,

So far I've seen flies and stink bugs.

No ants, aphids and thankfully no squash bugs so far.

Beneficial bug report,

I did see some ladybird gators while doing maintenence cleanup. Some small soil roachs in a few of the beds earthworms while trimming off roots to old sunflower stems.

Mixed bugs:

What I believe to be praying mantis egg cases, I don't know how old or how new they are though.

Pillbugs in some of the beds.

Our parrot visitors have stopped coming by, unfortunatly we no longer have any sunflower heads available for them. When more sunflowers come in I hope they will visit again, or perhaps even when the hollyhocks start seeding. Plenty of the smaller birds of the area still visiting though. I find the thought they might get broccoli seed and wild seed it elsewhere very funny.

This week I plan to work on getting a water line in and some more deep beds set up for growing more sweet potato vines/spuds. As well as getting some melon seeds direct seeded if I can (I may need more soil first to refill the bed).

Started some new spuds to vine for the sweet potato's and ordered some sunchoke tubers and seeds to start out some new herbs/spices and teas.

That's it for today's post and update 😊

🌱🌻Happy homesteading and Urban Farming🌻🌱

3.21.2024

#homesteading #self sufficient living #thestudentfarmer #studentfarmer #self sufficiency #food #garden #gardening #low waste #chickens #urban green spaces #urban biodiversity #urban homesteading #urban gardening #human right to clean food #right to grow food #food waste #food is a human right #herbal #garden pests #chamomile #tomato plant #broccoli grow cycle #broccoli plant #sunflowers #carrot #seed saving #plant growth #plant development #food desert

[mitchismirage]

I Created A Desert Garden

I originally posted this on my blog site Gypsy Witch Creations on July 16, 2022. I wanted to create beauty around the living area of my land so I decided on a desert garden. After clearing an area I used some of what was already there and then transplanted from other areas of my property.

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#desert #desert garden #gardening #homesteading #New Mexico #Youtube