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The Outlandish Homestead My adventures homesteading in the suburbs on just over half an acre of land Welcome to my page! If it has anything to do with food, We'll discuss it!

It is dedicated to living a self-sustaining life as much as possible in the suburbs just South of Dayton, Ohio. I will share cooking hints, food preservation information, favorite recipes, gardening tips, Organic gardening, rabbiteering, being GMO-free, and more. I also maintain a page Sew It Goes Creations where I sell my home-made crafts and food goods. Every bit of money I make from my page supports my family and my mini-homestead.

I have been getting cherry tomatoes for almost six weeks but my first big tomato is blushing and I am extremely excited!...
09/08/2024

I have been getting cherry tomatoes for almost six weeks but my first big tomato is blushing and I am extremely excited! I picked it to bring it inside away from the risk of marauding gangs of wildlife in the form of squirrels and chipmunks, and eagerly anticipate full ripeness so that it may be the first of many BLTs. I think it's a Brandywine Pink but something removed the label stick so I can't be 100% sure until it's in full color. The cuke will become cucumber dill sandwiches 🥪 and the cherry toms sliced up to eat in a bowl of cottage cheese.

This evening I pulled what carrots the squirrels had left me from this spring's planting (all of five of them 😭) and the...
26/07/2024

This evening I pulled what carrots the squirrels had left me from this spring's planting (all of five of them 😭) and they're just a bite or two in size: one white, one yellow, and three orange. Tomorrow I will go plant seeds in the greenhouse for the back forty garden (it's only one 8'x4' and one 4x4' raised beds). Carrots will be direct seeded but the greenhouse will have green beans, broccoli, peas, herbs, cabbage, and a few other yummy veggies.

The pie pumpkins are branching out and have female flowers budding!And my vegetable garden has lots of little peppers, p...
25/07/2024

The pie pumpkins are branching out and have female flowers budding!
And my vegetable garden has lots of little peppers, pickle and salad cucumbers, zucchini, and tomatoes growing on the plants. Picked another salad cucumber today.💜 By the end of the first week of August I think we will begin having enough cukes harvested to begin pickling!

A bouquet of male pumpkin flowers. I took my sharp tweezers out to the garden this morning and killed off more than half...
25/07/2024

A bouquet of male pumpkin flowers.
I took my sharp tweezers out to the garden this morning and killed off more than half a dozen cucumber beetles sleeping in the different squash blooms, and a squash beetle I found on one leaf. A few days ago I surgically removed several squash vine borer grubs from my zucchini plants. Pests abound but my garden persists

Random flowers in our yard (rudabeckia and resurrection lily), and my houseplants that live outside in summertime.
25/07/2024

Random flowers in our yard (rudabeckia and resurrection lily), and my houseplants that live outside in summertime.

The garden is coming along nicely! Lots of wee little fruitlings. Blueberries are pretty much done with only a few strag...
27/06/2024

The garden is coming along nicely! Lots of wee little fruitlings. Blueberries are pretty much done with only a few straggling berries left. Red Mulberries are likewise at the end of production while the whites are still going (not my trees; they're on the property line of my neighbor but I take what is hanging on my side and they don't use the fruit). My roma tomatoes are turning red and the little yellow sungold cherry tomatoes have been giving me 1-2 ripe ones per day for a week now. About to plant more green beans because of the squirrels and chipmunks digging, then "season" the garden with cayenne and red pepper flakes to deter them. My potted pumpkin vines are about to be separated into their own pots and placed out back where they can spread all they want to. Herbs and flowers are about to go into the greenhouse, which I need to move to get more sun.

2024 Tomato Varieties:Cherokee purpleBrandywine pink, black, & yellowCarolina GoldSweet 100San Marzano PasteRoma II Past...
31/05/2024

2024 Tomato Varieties:

Cherokee purple
Brandywine pink, black, & yellow
Carolina Gold
Sweet 100
San Marzano Paste
Roma II Paste
Pineapple
Yellow pear
Mountain Fresh
Hillbilly
Sungold
Mr. Stripey
Sunny Boy

Yellow tomatoes are lower in acid for those who may have digestive sensitivities to acidic foods. I like to grow many kinds of tomatoes for different flavors and purposes, and I just love the variegated colorful ones, but it has been a few years since I had this many - 15 different varieties! I expect to have fruits ready to sell the first week of July.

I do have a few smaller started plants still that are for sale for $1 each. Plant deep and fertilize well and you can grow your very own! Mostly San Marzano and super sweet 100 cherry, Roma, Cherokee Purple, salad cukes, habanero pepper, pie pumpkin.

Today my faithful dog supervised my picking of blueberries - the first harvest from our two mature bushes! We have been ...
29/05/2024

Today my faithful dog supervised my picking of blueberries - the first harvest from our two mature bushes! We have been eating one or two at a time but this morning we had a whole bunch ripen at once! Do you like blueberries, or do you have a favorite berry/fruit?

This year's kitchen garden is planted! I have a few extra starts of several kinds which will be listed for sale for $1 e...
27/05/2024

This year's kitchen garden is planted! I have a few extra starts of several kinds which will be listed for sale for $1 each later this week, since they're still small. Plants will need fertilized when put into their permanent locations to grow.
I this bed are a dozen tomato varieties along with pickling and salad slicing cukes, green beans, a few sweet and hot pepper varieties, and yellow crookneck squash. Not shown are the pie pumpkins and watermelons planted elsewhere.

The mini greenhouse is set up and the shelves filled with trays of sown seeds! Today I planted slicing and cherry tomato...
13/03/2024

The mini greenhouse is set up and the shelves filled with trays of sown seeds! Today I planted slicing and cherry tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, salad and pickle cucumbers, zucchini and yellow crookneck squash, pie pumpkin (with large white and orange carving pumpkins being experimented with having been left intentionally to rot in my side yard), watermelon, green beans, cabbage, sweet corn, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green bunching onion, and I direct sowed carrots, parsnip, and peas for my own use in my existing garden bed, covering with leaf mulch. Lettuce will go in next.
There will be plants available from today's planting in a couple of months!

CUCUMBERSThe following cukes will be grown form seed and available to our hase as plants from my greenhouse this year:Ma...
21/02/2024

CUCUMBERS
The following cukes will be grown form seed and available to our hase as plants from my greenhouse this year:
Marketmore Slicing
Boston Pickling
Homemade Pickle

VEGGIESThe following VEGGIES will be grown from seed and available as plants from my greenhouse this year:CARROTS: Rainb...
20/02/2024

VEGGIES
The following VEGGIES will be grown from seed and available as plants from my greenhouse this year:

CARROTS: Rainbow mix, Little Finger, Kaleidoscope Blend
PARSNIP: Hollow Crown
CELERY: Tall Utah
CORN: Golden Bantam, Hookers Sweet (multicolor)
LETTUCE: Paris Island Romaine, Buttercrunch,
BROCCOLI: Calabrese Green Sprout
CAULIFLOWER
CABBAGE: Glory of Einhuizen
Peppers: Poblano, Jalapeño, Cayenne, Thai Chili, Habanero, Sweet Bell Mini, California Wonder mixed colors, Serrano
ONION: White Lisbon Bunching, Red, Yellow, White
SQUASH: Butternut, Sugar Pie Pumpkin, Crookneck Yellow, Acorn, Dark Star Zucchini

GREEN BEANSThe following varieties will be grown from seed and available for sale this year:Blue Lake BushProvidor BushD...
20/02/2024

GREEN BEANS
The following varieties will be grown from seed and available for sale this year:
Blue Lake Bush
Providor Bush
Dragon Tongue Bush

Have you tried these beauties before? Dragon tongue taste like any green bean but are so beautiful and fun in a dish!

FLOWERS/PLANTSThe following will be available from my greenhouse this year:Sunflower, Gerbera Daisy, Black Eyed Susan, B...
20/02/2024

FLOWERS/PLANTS
The following will be available from my greenhouse this year:

Sunflower, Gerbera Daisy, Black Eyed Susan, Bee Balm, Nasturtium, Johnny Jump Up, Pansies, Zinnia, Snapdragon, Marigold, Wildflower mixes, Coleus, and Milkweed

HERBSThe following HERBS will be grown from seed and available as plants from my greenhouse this year:Basil, Lavender, O...
19/02/2024

HERBS
The following HERBS will be grown from seed and available as plants from my greenhouse this year:

Basil, Lavender, Oregano, Sage, Parsley, Chamomile, Dill, Chive, Cilantro, Horehound, Stinging Nettle, Stevia, Wormwood, Echinacea, Lemon Balm, White Yarrow, Borage, Calendula, Maddog Skullcap

TOMATO PLANTS:The following plant and produce varieties will be grown from seed in my greenhouse and for sale this year:...
19/02/2024

TOMATO PLANTS:
The following plant and produce varieties will be grown from seed in my greenhouse and for sale this year:
CHERRY TOMS: Sweet 100, Yellow pear, sweet purple cherry, orange grape
SLICING: Cherokee Purple, Brandywine in black, yellow, and pink, Livingston's Gourmet Slicing Mix
ROMA: San Marzano, Amish Paste, Baby Roma

Which of these varieties have you tried and which are your favorites?

(Photos of past harvests)

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