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 […]
Month: November 2016
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. […]
Canning Pickled Serrano Peppers
I don’t know if it is good or bad luck but I came into a whole batch of serrano peppers just the other day. I […]
Homemade Toilet Cleaning Bombs
Although we are currently using this diy compost toilet system and not the traditional flush toilet system, I still felt obliged to share this homemade […]
How To Grow Black Pepper
Are you ready to grow some black gold? Yes, apparently that is what some people call the peppercorn plant, since it is very popular, extremely […]