How To Ripen Green Tomatoes Indoors
Yes, it is a lot of fun growing tomatoes, and having a garden full of them. What is not fun is when the season starts […]
Month: September 2015
How To Dry Celery
Mmmmmm, I enjoy munching on fresh celery sticks from our garden or regrown in my kitchen. However, what does one do if they have way […]
DIY Garden Seed Mats
Ok, here is something new that I have to try next gardening season. Like most gardeners I have been planting my seeds the old school […]
Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe
Remember when we made the homemade instant chocolate pudding and the homemade chocolate bars? Well it is therefore not a secret that our family loves […]
How To Grow Aloe Vera
Are you growing aloe vera? Well this is one of those medicinal plants that every homestead should have. It is not difficult to take care […]
DIY Portable Outdoor Fireplace
Cooking outdoors is always a lot of fun, we love to do it all year round even in winter. In my past blog posts we […]
How To Raise Cows For Beef
So it is the norm for most homestead to be raising chicken for either meat or eggs. However I have noticed that many homesteads, and […]
How To Sweeten Your Tomatoes
Don’t you just hate it when you have grown nice big and seemingly juicy tomatoes and they turn out to be a little sour. I […]
Canning Dry Beans
We have covered canning green beans before for long term storage. But did you know that you can also can dry beans? This is especially […]
DIY Alaska Grow Bucket
We have built some self watering planters before, and I always have fun with these. It is probably because I know how much time they […]
How To Make Bacon
I was making breakfast earlier on today, when one of my girls asked for some bacon. As it turns out we haven’t had any in […]
Growing Oyster Mushrooms
Whenever I get my hands on some mushrooms, I always make sure to add some to almost everything I cook, and I mean everything. It […]
DIY Old Fridge Smoker
Who does not love smoked meat? We have previously made the ugly drum bbq smoker in the backyard, then we tried the diy flower pot […]
How To Extract Honey From A Beehive
Here is one of those tasks that I have always delegated to the hubby on the homestead, but this year I decided to join in […]
DIY Forsythe Pot
Ok, I refuse to be the only blonde in the building. When a friend recently told me about this ‘pot’ I too was like… excuse […]
Canning Pickled Beets
So you got a little carried away gardening this summer, and it just so happens you now have more beets than you can eat fresh […]