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How to Avoid Blossom End Rot This Year Using Eggshells

February 15, 2021 by Kristi Stone 6 Comments

How to Avoid Blossom End Rot This Year Using Eggshells - Stone Family Farmstead

Does this feel familiar to you? You go out to the garden, ready to harvest your lovely vegetables. You head to your favorite tomato or cucumber plant for some lovely additions to your newly harvested greens, only to find that your vegetables are rotting. Why? You, my friend, may be seeing blossom end rot. Blossom end rot can be a real discouragement in the garden, ...

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How to Grow Lemongrass and Ways to Use It

February 15, 2021 by Kristi Stone 4 Comments

How to Grow Lemongrass and Ways to Use It - Stone Family Farmstead

When it comes to growing herbs, lemongrass may be one of the most rewarding. Its uses span across culinary, medicinal, functional, and even ornamental uses. Here's how to grow lemongrass and some of the ways you can use it. How to Grow Lemongrass Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a versatile herbaceous plant that can be grown to use fresh or dried for culinary use. ...

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How to Have an Awesome Pomegranate Season

February 9, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

How to Have an Awesome Pomegranate Season - Stone Family Farmstead

Pomegranates are a fantastic addition to a garden or fruit orchard, but not if the season doesn't yield the harvest you want. Here are some tips for planting, growing, and caring for your tree that will be sure to grant you a fabulous pomegranate season! Pomegranate flowers are one of the most beautiful flowers to grace your garden or orchard. Their lovely, abundant, deep ...

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How to Grow Rosemary and Ways to Use It

February 9, 2021 by Kristi Stone 3 Comments

How to Grow Rosemary and All the Ways You Can Use It - Stone Family Farmstead

Ahh rosemary--who doesn't love the pungent aroma and flavor of this beautiful Mediterranean herb? I suppose there are some, but not many can say that they don't love this versatile herb for something, whether that be cooking, making herbal remedies, or keeping flies at bay. Here's how to grow rosemary and all the ways you can use it. Rosmarinus, rosemary’s scientific name, ...

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How to Have an Easy Garden {and Still Get a Harvest}

February 9, 2021 by Kristi Stone 17 Comments

How to Have an Easy Garden {and Still Get a Harvest} - Stone Family Farmstead

It takes some work to grow your own food. Believe me, I’ve been trying to get ‘er done for many years, and it does take some doing. What I have learned over these years is that it doesn’t have to take a lot of time to grow your own food, thankfully! These are three of my best tips for an easy garden, my fellow busy homesteader! I almost called this post “The Lazy ...

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How to Prevent Weeds in the Vegetable Garden

February 9, 2021 by Kristi Stone 6 Comments

How to Prevent Weeds in the Vegetable Garden - Stone Family Farmstead

Weeds. They are an age-old issue that gardeners have battled with season after season in their vegetable gardens. While this long-time battle respects no gardener, the better we learn how to prevent weeds in the vegetable garden, the better we can focus on growing our own food. Then we can head them off at the pass, creating an easier gardening experience for ourselves. If ...

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How To Make Plants Grow Faster

February 9, 2021 by Kristi Stone 2 Comments

How to Make Plants Grow Faster - Stone Family Farmstead

If we are hoping to grow food for ourselves and our family table, a whole lot of things need to go right. Proper plant care and environment are the precursor to a fabulous harvest. Here are some no-fail rules of thumb for how to make your plants grow faster. As a gardener, you’d like to see the fruits of your labor faster, but plants don’t want to play ball. It can take ...

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How to Grow Food in a Small Vegetable Garden

February 8, 2021 by Kristi Stone 1 Comment

How to Grow Food in a Small Vegetable Garden - Stone Family Farmstead

If your dream has always been to become a gardener or have a small farm, but don’t have the space in your backyard, chances are that you will just have to find a way to maximize your existing space. There are plenty of ways you can grow produce in a very small vegetable garden, and always have fresh, organic produce to harvest for your cooking. Don't be discouraged if you ...

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Tips for How to Keep Your Raised Garden Bed Soil Healthy

January 26, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

Tips for How to Keep Your Raised Bed Soil Healthy - Stone Family Farmstead

Whether you’re an avid gardener or starting your first vegetable garden, you’re going to have to be sure of one thing above all else: the health of your raised garden bed soil. People with raised planters and window boxes alike are going to need advice like this on hand, and even those who rely on greenhouses are never going to escape the whims and whiles of the soil ...

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How to Make a Knockoff Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea Recipe

January 21, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

How to Make a Knockoff Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea Recipe - Stone Family Farmstead

It's the time of year when cold and flu are prevalent, and we look for a good cup of hot tea that will help us get well and stay well. This knockoff Starbucks medicine ball recipe is one that's been around our household since my daughter first made it. My youngest Ezra has always been a whiz in the kitchen. They have very specific tastes, and often, those tastes are much ...

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How to Get Your Home(stead) Life Organized {Index Card System}

January 4, 2021 by Kristi Stone 9 Comments

How to Get Your Home(stead) Life Organized {Index Card System} - Stone Family Farmstead

Overwhelmed by all you have to do in your home and on the homestead? Getting organized can be easy if you just take control, but how? Here's a simple system can put together to get your home and homestead working like a well-oiled machine! Let's face it--keeping home and homestead is busy work! There is planting, harvesting, preserving, feeding, milking, doctoring, raking, ...

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How to Make Your Own DIY Sugar Scrub

September 4, 2020 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

sugar scrub with a sprig of mint

Spa and body care products can be super expensive, and the truth is, some of them are so inexpensive to make at home and they don't take long at all! This DIY sugar scrub will take 15 minutes tops, and you may already have everything you need to make a batch for yourself, with some extra to give away as holiday gifts! This scrub would be a really nice addition to a bath ...

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Hi, I’m Kristi!

A little about me….For the past 6 years, we have lived on a scant acre in Southern California. I am the wife of the greatest guy ever….also a veteran ex-homeschooling mom of 3, grandma of 1, and fur mom of many!

Besides writing, my hobbies are gardening, herbs, crafting, scratch cooking, food preservation, goat breeding, and teaching all of these things here, to you, on Stone Family Farmstead’s website.


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