GLOSSARY

Glossary of Terms

homestead- a place where one makes their home and lives off the land. connected to sustainable living. 

bee-keeping- a way of farming honey from honeybees on your homestead.

homemaking-housekeeping, housework, household management including but not limited to raising children, cooking and cleaning. 

lasagna method- also called sheet composting, its a way of creating rich soil in you garden without tilling, you layer compost-able material such as grass clipping, newspaper, old fruits/vegetables, manure, etc. 

tilling-preparing, cultivating land for crops. it's like loosening the dirt to make it fluffy, so its good for drainage and so the roots can grow deep.  you can do it by hand with a shovel or hoe or use a machine. 

crop- fruits or vegetables that are grown/harvested, can also refer to amount of that fruit or vegetable. 

season- certain time of year when certain crops are planted/harvested. 

10-10-10- a kind of fertilizer containing 10% nitrogen, 10% phosphate and 10% potash.

raised beds- a form of gardening where you create a 3-4 ft. box on top of the ground and fill it with nutrient rich soil/compost, it helps to prevent/control weeds, extends growing season, and reduces need to use poor native soil. 

water bath- a method of canning where you place sealed glass jars with new lids into a big stock pot of hot water and boil for a certain amount of minutes depending on elevation .

canning- a method of food preservation where you take the harvested crop and jar it and use hot water bath or pressure canner to heat it and seal it to prevent botulism or bacteria. 

Pressure canner- another way of canning that gets heat up higher than water bath by sealing in pressure, need to use this for canning things such as carrots, sweet potatoes, etc. 

tattler- a brand of reusable canning lids

guinea fowl- a type of egg laying fowl 

fowl- bird kept for its eggs. 

menu planning- way of organizing meals for the week/month and a way of budgeting in attempts to live more frugally. 

hull- to remove the outer covering of a seed or fruit