Raising Chickens is a great way to expand and move into the Purposeful Homestead stage of your growing journey.  But where do you start? With Layer Chickens, Meat Chickens, or a breed of poultry that has the benefit of both: the dual-purpose chicken. This type of chicken offers both eggs and meat, eliminating the need to maintain two separate breeds. In this episode, we’ll look at the differences between layer chickens and meat chickens, their benefits, and whether the dual-purpose chicken makes sense for your homestead. Let’s get growing!

Related Episode: Adding Chickens to your Homestead, Now What?

Main Points

• What is a Layer Chicken?
• What is a Meat Chicken?
• What are the Benefits of Each Type of Chicken?
• Is a Dual-Purpose Chicken Right for You?
• Considerations for Raising Dual-Purpose Chickens

Resources Mentioned:

10 Best Dual-Purpose Chicken Breeds
Show Notes

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Do you struggle with staying motivated and getting things done? If so, you're not alone. In today's fast-paced world, it can be challenging to stay focused and productive. However, there is a system that can help: David Allen's Getting Things Done. In this blog post, we'll explore Allen's system and reveal the secret to staying motivated and getting things done.

Main Points

• The Basics of Getting Things Done
• The Two-Minute Rule
• The Importance of Context
• The Weekly Review

Growing with God Verses:

• Hebrews 11:8-10
• Genesis 12:1 and 13:14
• John 14

Resources Mentioned:

Why Your Home is the Center of the Homestead

Red Ridge Farm Seed Variety Tracker

Purposeful Growing Success Path

Show Notes

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What do plants need to grow? Most people would answer water and sunshine, but the most important factor for a healthy garden is the quality of the soil. Healthy soil is the foundation for growing vibrant, nutritious plants and vegetables. In this blog post, we will take a look at the importance of soil in a garden and how you need to take proper care of it in order to support your plants. 

Main Points: 

• What is Soil and What is its Role in a Garden
• Benefits of Compost and Mulch to Feed the Soil
• How to Test your Soil's Quality
• Regular Maintenance Tasks to Keep Soil Healthy

Resources Mentioned:

Building Soil Health Guide

Dirt: Finding the Solutions to Building Soil Health eBook

Show Notes

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Let’s face it, you have a lot of things to do everyday even though you may not have a 9 to 5 job, and if you do? How is it even possible to get all of the house work, cooking, and growing done? That is why today in this short episode I want to share with you why it is important to bring time management skills into your growing journey, let alone our homes. 

Main Points

• Not Just for Pencil Pushers
• May Need to Look a Little Different
• Can’t Make More Time

Related Episode: The Six Purposeful Habits All Successful Growers Need

Resources Mentioned:

Show Notes

Building Soil Health Guide

Time management is for more than the pencil pusher; it is for homemakers, homesteaders and gardeners too. We all only have 24 hours to our day. So if you want to break away from the norm and add purpose to your journey with peace and joy you are going to need to develop some time management skills. I hope this episode has shown you why these skill are good for you too and if you would like to learn more about expanding your time management skills check out the Purposeful Growing Success Journey and jump down to the homemaker stage!

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Are you looking to make cooking from scratch just a little bit easier?

One huge asset all homesteaders or growers need when cooking from scratch is a full pantry of all the basic supplies. Cooking from scratch can seem like a daunting task but when you have all the supplies you need waiting in your kitchen it can take a little stress out of the situation.

Today in this episode I am going to be expanding on what all Purposeful Kitchens need: a Purposeful Pantry stocked with all you need for cooking any meal from scratch. Let’s get growing!

Main Points

• What is a Purposeful Kitchen
• The steps to Developing a Purposeful Kitchen 
• Why you need a Purposeful Pantry

Related Episode: Stocking Up Your Winter Pantry

Show Notes

Resources Mentioned:

Purposeful Growing Success Journey 

Planning Beyond the Harvest eBook 

Stocking Up with the Seasons Blog Series

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Growing your own food let alone starting and creating a purposeful life can be stressful and  exhausting to say the least. But what if I told you that there were a few habits you could add to your day or journey that could bring peace and joy to your purposeful life. And best of all help you, as a grower, feel inspired, focused, and ready to tackle whatever hurdle comes your way.


Today in this podcast episode I am going to share with you a list of habits that you may be surprised to learn about. These habits are not just for your soul but will also help you get that long list of growing todo done.   

Let’s get growing!


Related Listens: Top Questions to Ask Before You Start Your Homestead

Main Topics

• The six habits to be successful on your purposeful journey
• How you can implement each
• How to develop these habits for yourself

This Week’s Growing with God Verse: Hebrew 11:7

Genesis 7:22-24
Romans 8:5-14, 8:26
Romans 12:2

Resources Mentioned
Grow With Habits Checklist
Why Growers Need to Develop Habits In Your Purposeful Journey
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As growers it is easy to get stuck in the growth of others and the products you grow but what about the question, "Are you growing too?" Our personal growth can sometimes be overlooked. It is easy to see a seed sprout or your child grow 6 inches in one summer. 

Today in this episode I want to have a little chat about how cultivating a successful growing journey means you need to grow too. You need to develop a Growth Mindset of building habits, continuing your education, and including you in your growing journey. Let's get growing! 

Related Episode: Changing Your Mindset On Your Growing Journey

Main Points

• Growers need a Growth Mindset
• What Is a Growth Mindset 
• Growth Feeds on Habits
• 3 Tips for Building Habits

Resources Mentioned:
Grow with Habits Checklist
Show Notes

Growth starts with making small changes continuously over time, aka Habits, that will add up to huge results. To help you start implementing habits in your day to day you can use the three simple tips that I mention in the Episode above or that I place in a simple checklist that is available for you to download. 

Growth takes time, will power, and of course discipline. But also a little determination. To learn more about including You in your growing journey be sure to check out the Purposeful Growing Success Path.

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Are you trying to start your own seedlings but are running into a few problems?

There are so many reasons to start your own seedlings. You can save money. You have more variety available  because you are not limited to just the varieties your garden center has. You grow them how you want to. I personally am an organic gardener so I want to make sure that my seedlings are raised in an organic manner from start to finish. 

There are so many reasons to start your own seedlings. But let me share a little secret with you. Growing your own seedling on your own can comes with problems. Problems with getting your seeds to germinate. Problems that arise from using the wrong supplies. Problems with watering, with fertilization, and with providing enough light. 

Today I would like to help you with two of these problems. First getting the right supplies and second problems that may accrue in the germination stage of your seedlings.

Related Listens: Starting Seedlings On A Budget

Show Notes

Main Points

• Top Problems and Solution for Germinating your Seedlings
• Tips on Supplies that can help you out

This Week’s Growing with God Verse:

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. ~ Hebrews 11:5-6

Genesis 5:21-24

Resources Mentioned:
Top 15 Sustainable Seed Companies
Seedling Supply Checklist
Seed Variety Tracker

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When it comes to growing on your purposeful journey you probably like many think it all about the doing, and growing. But what about the thinking, or better the mindset of growing. Growing takes more than just physical effort, it takes mental effort too. It takes perseverance, patients, and gratitude in the middle of hardship. Many times when it comes to failure or struggle it is not our physical bodies that get us through but our minds. 

So today in this episode you and I are going to have a little chat about building and changing your mindset on your purposeful journey. Let’s get growing!

Related Episode: The Success Stages for Creating Purpose in Your Life

Show Notes

Main Points

• Why Mindset Matters
• Mindsets That Don’t Fit with Growing
• Ways to Change Your Mindset for Grow
• Changing Your Inner Talk

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I have read many books on my growing journey, but when I read The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier my way of gardening and garden planning changed forever. 

Do you, like I did, only make a drawing of your garden and a list of what you are going to grow and that is all there is in your garden plan?

Growing a garden is more than just planting the seed and waiting for a crop. If you want to keep growing year after year you need to take care of your soil and make a garden plan that can help you do more. Help you grow like a market gardener. 

In this podcast episode you and I are going to discuss what I learned and how you can apply these truths in your own garden planning and growing journey. 

Let’s get growing!

Related Listen: How Your Simple Garden Plan May Be Holding You Back
Show Notes

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn what a grower’s garden plan should include
• How to Stems for your Garden
• The most import thing you must grow in your garden

Growing with God Verses:

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. ~ Hebrews 11:1-4

Genesis 4:1-10

Resources Mentioned

Purposeful Growing Journey Path

Weed Blog Post

The Market Gardener Book

YouTube Video

Permaculture Blog/Episode Series

Find Your Frost Date Link

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