Blogging from the Hostel

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

oh this is my goldfish his name is wet little bitch

[davidstrider]

only real 90s homestucks will remember:

getting so emotional upon hearing the first few twangs of little lion man that your body cant decide whether to cry or have an asthma attack but either way youre choking on spit and having tears running down your face because         karkat                           vantas

[thegikitiki]

Self Sufficiency, 1970s

[whoreofabaddon]

This is actually kind of like what I’m doing, except my animals aren’t for meat.

[onlyashremains]

There’s actually a great book I found (of course you probably already either have it or know the material it covers) called The Backyard Homestead. It’s a good resource for anyone who wants to do this, regardless of the size plot of land you have. It covers planting seasons, canning, livestock, etc. but also has several plot layouts like the one above based on different yard sizes.

For example, if you have 1/10 acre:

[whoreofabaddon]

I actually have several hundred acres to work with right now, but I would still be very interested in reading that. Thank you for the recommendation!

I have a few friends who have significantly less land but would be interested in doing some self sufficient farming. Also, I like to read everything I can on subjects, because you never know where you’re going to discover great advice.

 I will see if I can add it to my amazon wishlist for the next time I get a gift card!

[falanx]

I’ve read The Backyard Homestead and it’s great! Second the recommendation.

Also, this made me think of this, although it’s not entirely in the same vein: A Pattern Language is a book about architecture, mostly, but also building communities and increasing efficiency and self-sufficiency. I highly recommend it for anyone who is trying to build their own homestead, house, or intentional community. It’s pretty expensive, so I when I want to read it I borrow it from the local university library, but if you’ve got some spare funds it’s a truly incredible book. My father has worked in community-building & civic leagues (and lived on a farm) for most of his life and it’s one of his #1 recommendations as well. It’s just a really amazing and interesting book. @onlyashremains

[dumdumdumdoodoo-deactivated2017]

I have The Backyard Homestead and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s been my top book for planning out my Garden these last couple of years and I’d probably be lost without it. If you’re seriously interested in this kind of stuff, I would also recommend 5 Acres and Independence, too… Even if you don’t have 5 acres to spare, I found the information invaluable, and the information in it is definitely adaptable to whatever sized plot you can spare. 

Getting more specifically into the Gardening and Farming aspects, I have a few more suggestions for reading material: 

Pirating Plants is about Propagation, grafting, and Seed Saving; it’s old but it’s solid and I definitely recommend it if you want to Garden on the cheap- especially when it comes to “larger than average” farming. 

The New Complete Guide to Gardening by Better Homes and Gardens. Despite focusing mostly on your typical garden flowers, it does have some great information in it about a few Herbs and Fruit varieties, and all around has a lot of valuable information in it. 

The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs by Reader’s Digest, as well- though this one is obviously about Herbs specifically. But it covers basic remedies, culinary uses, planting, harvesting and storing, and a lot of other information.

[justanonbinarywitch]

This is the life I dream of though, like, I want to be completely self-sustainable it would be so cool to be able to harvest and make everything you use

[mcgovern-wallawalla]

[cactuc]

x

[househunting]

$1,150,000/2 br/1630 sq ft

Seattle, WA

[feeshed]

me, showing you around my hovel

“And here is the anthill I’m cultivating to clean my skulls”

[marxpussy-deactivated20180726]

There’s four kinds of gays.

“I want to live in a huge high rise apartment with my future partner that looks over the whole city so I can see the city lights at night”

“I want to live in a secluded little cottage in the woods with my partner, surrounded by woodland and nature, so that we wake up to the sounds of animals in the morning”

“I want to live by a beach so that my future partner and I can take long walks at sunset and go swimming in the waters whenever we want”

Lesbian farmer aspirations

[hostelblogging]

5. Dirty Millennial found family, ‘I don’t care where I live as long as all twelve of us are there.’

[disjunct]

We’re adults, but, like … adult cats. Someone should probably take care of us, but we can sort of make it on our own.

my roommate, on the question “are we adults” (via disjunct)

This is the best description of my life I’ve ever seen

(via the-tardis-gets-wifi)

[firebreathingeli]

I remember once I was talking to two guys and one of them was complaining about his parents when the second chimed in. “Try having four parents!”

We automatically assumed that he had divorced parents that got remarried. He corrected us; “No, there is a plot twist. My mom and dad never got married but had me. They were going to get married, but then my dad suddenly confessed he was gay. My mom was so relieved and said that she discovered she was a lesbian and was afraid to tell him. So they stayed together in the same house for me. Then eventually both got partners. So my dad has his husband and my mom has her wife.”

And the third kid just looks down at the ground for a really long time before whispering, “That’s gay. “ 

[celiaelise]

I have family who live in this exact situation!! Except none of the parents ever thought they were straight, they are just some gay folks who decided to have kids together. Three boys, two dads and two moms, all in one house.

[wasmnowf-deactivated20180327]

New Brady Bunch AU

[copperbadge]

“It’s the story of a lovely lady, Who discovered she was really into girls…”

[theredheadfromvirginia-deactiva]

[solarpunkwizard-deactivated2018]

IRL Stardew Valley

[sjowgren-deactivated20240728]

people who are mutuals with their irl friends on tumblr are braver than any us marine

[iceeh]

thank u to @hostelblogging for letting me spend the weekend with these magic cats 😻

[miepstheguineapig]

❤

[milkyfay-deactivated20150626]

[whenthesmokeisinyoureyes]

do you have those people that you’d go anywhere with unconditionally, like they could say “lets go check out that dumpster” and you’d be like “im in”

[nittatakashi-archive-deactivate]

ASTROLOGY SIGNS AS BL GAME CLICHES

aries: delinquent with a heart of gold who tries to run from gay thoughts taurus: lovable yet clueless protagonist with bad luck and secret powers gemini: flirtatious and deceptively innocent child-like character  cancer: cute side-character without a route (ohhh but you wish they did) leo: sweet and protective beefcake with a ROCK SOLID ASS virgo: sadistic bastard with glasses  libra: yandere childhood friend who will steal your heart (and eat it too) scorpio: that suave and ridiculously handsome oyaji with nice stubble  sagittarius: the hot unlockable secret character  capricorn: stoic ice prince with a troubled past and lots of status aquarius: antagonist and problematic fave with very kinky bad endings pisces: long-haired pretty boy with more bad ends than they deserve

[dezzoi-deactivated20240303]

“I eat like a bird.”

What they think I mean: 

What I actually mean: