Welcome to my blog about suburban homesteading and my journey towards self sufficiency and freedom. More and more my home in the suburbs is looking and feeling more like the farm in the country that I always wanted! 

Spring is here and the garden is coming to life. Today bush beans that I had started in peat pots were put in the ground. I pulled most of the aruglua that was going to seed, leaving a small plant to collect seeds from.

  Here's a gardening tip that I was excited to discover. Starbucks gives out bags of used coffee grinds that are great for composting and you can use them to sprinkle around plants to keep snails and slugs off. A nice side effect is that the garden has a wonderful aroma of coffee!