Although neither of our extended families still had full-time farmers in them as my wife and I came of age‚ our parents‚ grandparents and most of our aunts and uncles raised gardens or livestock then froze or canned the meats and vegetables grown. Living what I now know was a relatively sheltered childhood‚ I thought everyone did the same things we did. Raising bottle calves‚ staining tee shirts while picking blackberries‚ stringing and breaking beans all summer long‚ refilling the under-sink potato bin from the storage crib every week‚ and hearing your elders discuss the need for rain on the … The post Practical Homestead Irrigation – Part 1‚ by A.F. appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.