This article is the perfect example of why we love homesteading and homesteaders! These incredible finds and great deals that homesteaders learn out of necessity are what keep bringing us back to their blogs. It’s a true value-added relationship. It’s the same thing that keeps so many Americans tethered to the idea of telling their boss to go … [Read more...]
7 Best Flowers for Your Vegetable Garden
If you want a healthy garden, whether decorative, or an edible vegetable garden, you absolutely need to incorporate flowering plants. As a critical part of any healthy ecosystem, flowers provide food and/or habitat for beneficial insects (especially bees and butterflies), and humming birds, while adding natural aesthetic delight for children and … [Read more...]
25 Powerless Appliances for Your Homestead Kitchen
Kitchens are the hub of the home. They’re nearly always busy and so much of the daily chores are done there. From cleaning vegetables and eggs, to butchering, baking, and preserving, there’s tons of work happening there. To make homestead life easier, it’s important to have your kitchen properly equipped with the right tools. Unfortunately, many … [Read more...]
Primitive Technology: Freshwater Prawn Trap
The videos at Primitive Technology are the truest form of bushcraft. You simply cannot find a more minimalist approach to creating a livable space and the tools to go along with it anywhere else. When I first found this channel, I was so impressed with the quality of the videos and the skill level that I automatically subscribed. I think there were … [Read more...]
3 Must Haves for a Prepper Homestead
Many of us are looking for a way to get away from suburbia and into an area where we can utilize our time and effort to contribute something better to our lives. It's the homestead dream. Some would argue it's even the new American dream. Where we once all desired the high salary job, the picket fence and the nice house in a good school … [Read more...]
Needle & Thread: Sewing 101
Modern convenience makes it easy to go to the store and buy a pair of pants or drop a jacket off at the tailor for last-minute adjustments the night before a party. Unfortunately, convenience makes it just as easy to forget our most basic skills, like how to bake instead of buying, make preserves from your own kitchen, and how to know your way … [Read more...]
Stacking Functions: Increasing Efficiency with Multi-Function Spaces
When you talk about truly functional food production spaces, this article has it all. It takes the principles of permaculture and molds them with the introduction of livestock and protein-providing species. There is much talk about companion gardening and the practice of creating these micro-ecosystems that attract pollinators, ward off pests, … [Read more...]
6 Alternatives to Your Electric Washing Machine
Did you know that washing machines use up an incredible amount of water and energy in just one cycle? A standard washing machine uses up to 40 gallons of water to wash just one load of laundry! Not only is this method extremely wasteful, it’s also expensive. To justify using the washing machine, you need to let clothes and towels pile up all week … [Read more...]
6 Medicinal Trees for Stiff Joints and Pain
I have nothing against OTC medications. They usually work better than anything else and are almost always safe to use in moderation. The problem is, many people tend to pop a pill every time they feel a little uncomfortable. For me, taking medication is a last resort when nothing else has worked. Why? Well, as Chris from Joybilee Farm points … [Read more...]
15 Ways To Improve The Soil In Your Garden
Improving the quality of the soil in your garden is both simple and complicated. Simple in that it may require much less work than you would have thought, and complicated because there are so many ways you can do it, but they all require understanding a few underlying principles of nature. It’s about much more than simply spraying the right … [Read more...]
20 Plants You Can Turn Into Flour
In most of the world, wheat is a staple of almost everyone’s diet. Bread, pasta, cakes, cookies, cereal, and even beer all have wheat in them. Because of this, many off gridders are trying to grow their own wheat, but unfortunately, wheat can be difficult to grow depending on the land and climate. Thankfully there’s a plethora of other plants … [Read more...]
How to Make Maple Syrup
I've always loved pancakes and syrup (who doesn't!?), but I never had homemade maple syrup until a few years ago when some relatives from the Northeast paid us a visit and brought along some syrup they had made. I expected it to be good, but it was even better than I had imagined. Now I'm ruined for store-bought syrup. If you live in an area … [Read more...]
18 Berry Bushes to Grow in Your Yard (and How)
Do you have a yard? Then you should have berry bushes! Anytime you have the opportunity to get food from nature instead of the store, you should take advantage, and berry bushes are fairly easy to grow and maintain. Plus, the berries themselves are delicious, healthy, and loaded with antioxidants. Take blueberries, for example. They are loaded … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Light Your Home Off the Grid
Pulling the plug or making the decision to go 100% off the grid comes with some serious challenges. People taking that dive, hopefully, come prepared with a notion of how much things will change. Many of the comforts of modern day living disappear. The good news, of course, is that many are replaced with liberation and new found freedoms. The … [Read more...]
3 Things to Think About Before Going Off Grid
So you want to go off the grid... But have you asked yourself why you want to go off grid? You no doubt have several reasons, but it's important to articulate those reasons. Discuss them with your family and make sure everyone is on the same page. Why is doing this so important? Because there is more than one way to go off grid. Are you going … [Read more...]
7 Best Ways to Cook Without Electricity
Picture this: a rogue comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere, interfering with all electrical waves and causing internet, heating, light, and worst of all, electric cooking to become obsolete. Equally plausible, a tree falls down during a winter storm taking your power lines with it. Either way, while your friends in the ‘burbs are in a panic … [Read more...]
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