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July 26, 2025 25 mins

Is your garden looking a little droopy in the August heat? 🌞 In this episode of The Pantry Chat, we’re sharing 7 water-saving gardening tips that will help you keep your garden alive and thriving, without running the sprinkler all day long.

From mulching and deep watering to smart irrigation, dry farming techniques, and choosing heat-tolerant plants, we’re covering the tried-and-true methods we’ve used in dry climates and here on our North Idaho homestead. Whether you're gardening in a drought or just want to be a better steward of your water, these tips will help you grow more with less.

Plus, we’re chatting a bit about wedding planning on the homestead, raising capable kids, and why life just never really slows down, but that’s not always a bad thing. 😉

Thanks to ForJars for sponsoring this episode. For 10% off your order, use coupon code "homesteadingfamily10" at checkout: https://homesteadingfamily.com/podcast-forjars

For more information about saving water in the garden, visit the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/water-saving-garden-tips/

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - Chit Chat
8:14 - ForJars
9:32 - Cost of Raising Chickens for Eggs
12:05 - Main Topic

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WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our eleven children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: http://bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo

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