DIY Old Tractor Tire Pond
Having a natural pond on your homestead is always best, but in case you do not have one and you would still want to have […]
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How To Use Herbs For Chicken Nesting Boxes
We probably use herbs for a lot of things already, mostly cooking though. At anyone time I personally have alot of different herbs growing from […]
How to Grow Spinach In Pots
Every now and again I like to dabble in container vegetable gardening. This usually allows me to continue gardening throughout the winter. In the past […]
How To Dehydrate Peppers
Almost every season we have always grown some bell peppers in our garden. Lately we have started having a lot more surplus, we should perhaps […]
How To Grow Microgreens
Ok, so just because I now live on the homestead does not mean that I cannot keep up with current trends, especially when we still […]
Homemade Dog Food Recipe
We only want the best for man’s best friend, don’t we? I mean he does deserve it after all, for staying so loyal and non […]
How To Grow Hazelnuts
You know when you can easily just buy some of these things from a store, you never really think about growing your own. The last […]
DIY Basic Homestead Outdoor Shower
Today’s post is more for inspiration, that a project that we will be taking on. We already have a better diy outdoor solar shower set […]
DIY Old Swing Set Chicken Coop
It just so happens that we have an old metal swing out back, so naturally when I came across this idea light bulbs went off. […]
How To Use Wood Ash In Your Garden
Normally after your wood fire dies, you just collect all the ash and either throw it away or just leave it in place especially when […]
Canning Minced Fresh Garlic
Most people would prefer to just use dry garlic or even the homemade garlic powder we occasionally make in our kitchen. However, dried never quite […]
DIY Straw Bale Raised Garden Bed
I never get tired of trying out different gardening techniques. Last year we tried out the straw bale gardening, that went pretty well. The year […]
Homemade Ice Cream Cones
When summer comes along, besides the warm or often hot weather, the other thing on our minds is ice cream. It is ok to eat […]
How to Grow Kohlrabi
If you are a long time reader of this blog, I can already hear you say… oh no here she goes again, trying to grow […]
DIY Wood Floating Shelf
Every now again you see something that you don’t need but you always tell yourself I gotta have that. The last time I remember we […]
How To Select Chicken Eggs For Incubator
You would think that with an incubator you would be able to select any egg your chicken hatches and pop it in there to turn […]
How To Make Willow Rooting Hormone
The other day, I posted something on how to grow trees from twigs. There was a lot of response from that one post alone. In […]
How To Dehydrate Fresh Cranberries
Just like dried raisins, I love my dried cranberries too. They make a great snack amongst many other things. Remember we have talked about how […]
How To Grow Trees From Twigs
OMG! Why didn’t someone tell me earlier that I could also grow my trees this way. I mean in the past we have looked at […]
Homemade Orange Jam Recipe
What do you do with a whole bunch of sour oranges? Well read on for the perfect solution. I know you are probably thinking this […]