Homesteading Glossary

This homesteading glossary explains words and phrases you may encounter while exploring Lowe Bridges Farm. Use it alongside General Gardening Information, How to Grow, Livestock, The Kitchen, Preparedness, The Apothecary, and Education on the Homestead whenever you need help understanding a term. Browse the entries below for straightforward definitions covering gardening, animals, food preservation, herbal information, practical skills, and everyday homestead life.

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A
  • Aeration
  • Aerobic
  • Anaerobic
B
  • Balm
  • Bare Root
  • Browns
  • Browns-to Greens Balance
C
  • Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio
  • Carrier Oil
  • Chill Hours
  • Cold composting
  • Compost
  • compost bin
  • compost pile
  • Compost tea
  • compost tumbler
  • Composting
  • Cross-Pollination
  • Curing
D
  • Deciduous
  • Dirt
  • Dwarf
E
  • Emulsifier
F
  • Feedstock
  • Finished compost
  • Fruit Thinning
G
  • Graft / Graft Union
  • Greens
H
  • Herbal Compress
  • Herbal Cream
  • Herbal Lotion
  • Herbal Oil
  • Herbal Oxymel
  • Herbal Poultice
  • Herbal Soap
  • Herbal Syrup
  • Herbal Tea
  • Herbal Vinegar
  • Hot composting
  • Hydroponics
I
  • Imbibition
  • Immature compost
  • Infused Oil
  • Infusion
  • Infusion Medium
K
  • Keep Evenly Moist
L
  • Leachate
M
  • Market Garden
  • Mature compost
O
  • Oil Phase
  • Organic matter
P
  • Particle size
  • Perfect Flower
  • Plant Starts
R
  • Rockwool
  • Rootstock
S
  • salve
  • Seed Starting Mix
  • Semi-Dwarf
  • Slow Infusion Method
  • Soil
  • Sowing Seeds
  • Standard
  • Starting Seed
  • Starting Seeds
T
  • Thin Fruit
  • Turning the pile
  • Type I and Type II
U
  • Unfinished compost
V
  • vermicomposting
  • Vermipost
W
  • Water Deeply
  • Water Phase
  • Well-Draining Soil
  • Worm castings
  • Worm composting
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Use it up, Wear it out
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Homesteading Defined…

A lifestyle of self-sufficiency and sustainability, characterized by food production and preservation, knowing or learning new skills to become less dependent on outside sources. Homesteading can be done anywhere, at any age, by anybody who wants a simpler way of life…

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