How To Grow Starfruit
Twinkle, twinkle little star… how I wonder what you are? One of my favorite nursery rhymes growing up, and ever since I have been fascinated […]
Month: June 2018
How To Build A Pole Barn
When you think of a farm or a homestead, what is the one other building you expect to be erected besides the simple house or […]
DIY Hanging Cabbage For Chickens
The first question you probably have is, why on heaven’s earth is it hanging? LOL Well it is all in an effort to keep your […]
How To Sweeten Watermelons
When we speak of things that are naturally sweet, there is honey and then there is the watermelons growing in my garden, of course. Although […]
How To Dehydrate Celery
They often say necessity is the mother of all inventions or in this case we will say preservations. Here I was looking at the celery […]
Fizzy Pineapple Punch Recipe
When Summer comes along, I always try by all means to make and enjoy as many Summer recipes as possible. You only have a few […]
Homemade Liquid Hand Soap
I have pretty much covered homemade versions of many cleaning products in earlier posts. From the homemade body wash, to homemade liquid laundry soap, homemade […]
How To Grow Parsnips
Truth be told, it is not like we needed yet another root vegetable in our garden. We are already growing sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots and […]
DIY Noflay Clay Brick Wood Stove
Unless you are currently on the popular Paleo diet, you are going to need to cook your food daily. I have shared many different stove […]
DIY Truck Topper Goat Barn
It just so happens that you own or you find an old truck topper, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Hey, what […]
DIY Stick Compost Bin
We tend to have many excuses for not starting our composts as gardeners, and over the years I have been trying to get rid of […]
How To Freeze Bell Peppers
We have now reached that stage as gardeners, were we are harvesting way more bell peppers than we can eat or give away. In the […]
Strawberry Cobbler Recipe
With all this fresh fruit available throughout the summer, there is absolutely no reason why you should not treat the family to a nice dessert […]
Homemade Neosporin Cream
Slowly but surely, it seems we are achieving that goal to be totally independant of pharmacy bought medications for the simple ailments around this homestead. […]
How To Grow Baby Carrots
Naturally when you think of growing carrots, you probably want to prepare a large raised garden bed for them, right? Well hold your horses, I […]
DIY Crochet Mop Cover
One of my ultimate goals since we started homesteading is to become as multi skilled as possible. This is why I try learn as many […]
DIY Hula Hoop Chicken Tractor
All the attention seems to fall on the big girls, so today I decided to give the ‘small’ girls some love. We have already looked […]
DIY Whiskey Barrel Mint Garden
Why would you want to grow anything in a whiskey barrel, I hear you ask? Well simply because you can and it actually looks pretty […]
Canning Cheese
In most cases cheese is generally meant to last longer than most other dairy products, which is a good thing. What this means for you […]
Inside Out Breakfast Burritos
There is always the pressure of being able to make quick but healthy breakfast meals. Just like everyone else I have my traditional go to […]