HOMESTEAD
1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
2. Law Property designated by a householder as the householder’s home and protected by law from forced sale to meet debts.
3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
4. The place where one’s home is.
v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads
v.intr.
To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.
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I bought a house a few years ago and something about having a home made me want to settle it. I fell in love with the citrus trees in the backyard. I have Valencia, Navel, Mandarin Oranges, and (the one I’m still trying to figure out) my oro blancos, a type grapefruit. I thought I would add to these fruitful trees and create a small garden. I have always loved gardening, and having a child last year inspired me to start growing my own food in order to ensure that my son and family would be getting the freshest and most nutritious produce around. I started small just to try it out, and soon realized that it was not only a great source of relaxation but an easy way to save a little money. I live in Los Angeles, and the weather allows me to grow food all year long. Of course we have seasons, and there is a certain planting schedule that people typically go by (pumpkins in october, peppers in the summer etc.) but all in all I’ve just been just trying it out, planting foods that I like or use regularly. I’m no expert but I’m learning with a few bumps in the road. I wanted to share my joy and excitement, failures and successes, in order to hopefully inspire some people out there to garden a little too. Whether you live in an apartment, or just have a small yard or even a window sill, you can manage to grow all kinds of foods/ herbs, and nothing sounds cooler than telling people,"This meal came from my garden."
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