![Introduction to Apple Tree Grafting with Trevor Newman [Video]](https://realeyeshomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_4229-1080x675.jpg)
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 18, 2017 | Agriculture, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
This is a clip from a 2016 workshop led by Trevor Newman of Roots to Fruits, hosted by Realeyes Homestead. Transcript: Guy: Apples? Trevor: Yeah. These are apples and this is a semi-dwarf called ‘Bud 118’. So again, there’s all these... ![Clever Tricks for Planting and Propagating Gooseberry Bushes (and Currants) [Video]](https://realeyeshomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_4232-1080x675.jpg)
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 18, 2017 | Agriculture, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
This is a clip from a 2016 workshop led by Trevor Newman of Roots to Fruits, hosted by Realeyes Homestead. Transcript: Trevor: Gooseberries. Blackcurrant, red currant, gooseberries. It’s actually really beneficial to plant them a little bit below grade. So... ![How to Establish Understory/Groundcover Plants in your Orchard or Forest Garden [Video]](https://realeyeshomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_4223-1080x675.jpg)
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 18, 2017 | Agriculture, Events/Workshops, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
This is a clip from a 2016 workshop led by Trevor Newman of Roots to Fruits, hosted by Realeyes Homestead. Transcript: Trevor: Yeah really good way to integrate ground cover species is overseeding into the exist– either into the existing vegetation or into... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 3, 2016 | Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
We put pigs together into a pen for the first time, and the mamma fights another pig for dominance while her piglet tries to nurse. Get out of the way piglet! This lasted for about 5 minutes, then we never saw them fight again, except the usual little skirmishes... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 3, 2016 | Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technology, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
Here’s our winter pig pen made out of old pallets. It’s about an acre of fencing enclosing a thick patch of blue spruce trees. The spruce help provide shelter from the wind and snow for the pigs, and we give them straw to insulate from the ground. They use... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Oct 9, 2015 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technology, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
Our homestead started off with just two pigs, and we got hooked. We’re up to 13 now, and we’re even breeding our own piglets! Over the years we’ve experimented with many different types of pens, fencing and paddocks for them. By no means have we...
