Old Fashioned Blackberry Jam Recipe
We love our homemade jam over here, and we also enjoy making it. Remember the hstrawberry peach freezer jam and the homemade orange jam we […]
How To Grow Green Beans
Green beans are probably one of the only plants that can be found in almost every garden. We have grown grand pa’s pole beans in […]
DIY PVC Portable Chair
Most of the time around here the projects that we take on are supposed to help improve our standard of living on the homestead. We […]
DIY No Waste Chicken Feeder Bin
Sometimes it almost feels like my girls get the most attention on the homestead. That is however not accurate, they just allow me to experiment […]
9 Fruit Trees You Can Plant In Winter
If you love to spend time in your garden, sometimes when the fall comes you just can’t stop gardening. That is why in the past […]
Canning Black Beans
Are you ready for yet another canning adventure? If my mind serves me right the last time we canned was when we were canning pickled […]
DIY Seed Vault
For those of us who have been gardening for years, we know and understand the importance of saving some seeds from your garden. I remember […]
Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
Guess what? There is no Pizza Hut home delivery out here on the homestead. So when we feel for some pizza, we actually have to […]
How To Grow Grapes From Seeds
Today was one of those days when I woke up feeling like doing the almost impossible. We have discussed growing grapes in containers already in […]
DIY Earthbag Roundhouse
There are many different structures you can build on your homestead to provide some sort of shelter from the elements. Some of the more popular […]
Homemade Chicken Coop Sanitizer
If you are keeping chickens on your homestead, I hope you know how important it is to keep your chicken coop clean. I already use […]
How To Get Rid Of Cutworms
Gardening can be lots of fun, especially when everything goes smoothly. There are a few things that an affect your garden like a drought, pests […]
Strawberry Peach Freezer Jam Recipe
I have slowly become a fan of jam making over the years. I never really used to make much if any at all. However after […]
DIY Garden Stick Fence
Our garden has always been in an open area out in the back. However, our dogs have started making it their playground, so I was […]
Homemade Chicken Marinade Recipe
Have you ever heard the old saying chicken tastes better, well marinated. Well probably not, because I just made it up. We have tried a […]
How To Grow Nectarines From Seed
I woke up this morning in a ‘fruity’ mood, I just felt like adding more fruit trees to our ever expanding orchard. We have already […]
DIY Mud Wood Stove
Getting some sort of stove or cooking place set up was one of the first things we did when we we starting off. We have […]
Deep Litter Method For Chickens
My good friend Sally visited me the other day and was surprised that I had not implemented this in my coops. Especially after she saw […]
Trench Composting
We have previously talked a lot about different composting methods and tools. Do you remember the diy 3 bin compost, diy $5 compost bin or […]
How To Fight Tomato Blight Using Pennies
Just when you thought those pennies you have been collecting in that jar on top of your fridge were useless, you run into this post. […]