DIY Day Bed
It’s not always hard work all day long on the homestead. Some days we do get some free time to just relax and have me […]
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Homemade Dusting Spray Recipe
There’s nothing that can be done about dust gathering on furniture and appliances in your house. After having used this homemade oven cleaner and this […]
How To Grow Butternut Squash
How many different types of squash can you grow in your garden? The answer is simple, way too many! LOL I have already shown you […]
How To Clean Chicken Eggs
We have seen them… dirty eggs fresh from the nesting boxes. Sometimes you are just way too busy to be bothered. However, it is still […]
How To Make Lettuce Globes
It goes in almost every salad, therefore it is only right that it is always readily available. We have built the diy rain gutter lettuce […]
DIY Backyard Bowling Alley
As the warm days and nights of the summer months are fast approaching, we have already started thinking about how we are going to be […]
Fermented Cinnamon Apples
I used to really love canning, until I discovered fermentation. Ever since I have fermented lemons, fermented carrots and even fermented salsa. Besides the process […]
Mango BBQ Chicken Recipe
In an effort to free up some freezer space, I decided to make something for dinner that used up some of the frozen mango slices […]
Homemade Chocolate Eclairs Recipe
The lord knows that like most women out there, this girl (me) sure does love all things chocolate. This is why recipes like the homemade […]
How To Grow Red Bananas
Oh, ohhh I am just about to shake up your world. Most of us have only ever grown or seen yellow bananas, right? Well just […]
DIY Tire & Barrel Pig Feeder
There is a reason why in elementary school, the greedy kids are often labelled ‘greedy pigs’. These animals can eat and just won’t stop eating […]
How To Grow Raspberries In Pots
Yesterday, when I shared the post on how to make homemade mixed berry jam, it got me thinking about the various ways of growing the […]
Homemade Mixed Berry Jam
What to do with all those fresh delicious raspberries growing in your garden? Well you can pick some blueberries and blackberries too, and you can […]
Stuffed Pepper Casserole Recipe
Even though I sometimes like to much on raw green peppers from my garden, I would rather have them stuffed. Hence, one of of my […]
Homemade Aloe Green Tea Face Scrub
Hey, I have always said that although I am a homestead girl these days, it does not mean that I have to stop doing all […]
How To Grow Butter Beans
Slowly but surely, I am fast becoming a ‘beans’ person. Just take look at the number of posts on this blog alone. From how to […]
DIY Mobile Laundry Station
Arrrgh, this is one chore that I could never get used to. I am talking about doing laundry. In previous blog posts we looked at […]
DIY Bee Bath
Who says bees don’t need a bath or even a drink of water? Over the last couple of months I have been doing a lot […]
5 Best Heirloom Tomatoes You Can Grow
It is expected that in every vegetable garden you should be growing some tomatoes. Once you have mastered the ordinary varieties, you can then move […]
Canning Fresh Orange Juice
Nothing beats a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice in the morning for breakfast. Well, I know some people would prefer a cup of coffee […]