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 […]
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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 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 […]
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 Tandoori Oven
When summer rolls out, everyone gets excited about the barbecue season and all the grilling that will be going on. We already have a bbq […]
DIY Liquid Garden Fence Recipe
Sometimes a fence around your garden is just not enough for those pesky wild rabbits. So I had to go online today and see what […]
How To Milk A Goat
We have built diy goat shelters, homemade goat milk butter and homemade goat milk cheese in previous posts on this blog. One thing that we […]
DIY 3 Bin Compost System
If you are not already composting, you should start immediately especially if you are serious about your gardening. In the past we have talked about […]
DIY 1L Plastic Bottle House
Honestly, I am probably never going to build this type of house. However, I found it very interesting and hope that by posting it on […]
How To Dehydrate Fresh Cherries
Sweet juicy cherries are in season, OMG they taste so good. In previous posts, we have covered how to grow cherry trees from seeds, as […]
DIY Ugly Drum BBQ Smoker
LOL! Ok seriously when I first heard the name of this smoker, I was literally on the floor laughing out loud. Thanks goes to my […]
How To Freeze Grapes
Unless you are going to be making your own wine at home, you probably will not know what to do with all the leftover grapes. […]
Homemade Sunscreen Lotion Recipe
We all get excited when Summer comes along, mainly because the weather is finally warm and there is a lot of sunshine outside. However, as […]
DIY Mason Jar Olive Oil Lamp
When you live off grid or in a remote area lighting the home can often be something that is not as easy as when you […]
DIY Saracon Solar Steam Cooker
Harnessing the sun’s energy for cooking has always been something that interests me. In the past I have posted many different solar cooker designs because […]
DIY Composting Toilet
A toilet is one of the basic human needs, at some point you will need to go. Of course you can just run into the […]
How To Dehydrate Raspberries
A while back I took the time to learn how to grow raspberries, although we as a family enjoy them there is one thing that […]
DIY Portable Toolbox Grill
When the summer weather arrives, one of the activities on most people’s minds is grilling. We already have a homemade barrel bbq out back, however […]
DIY Wood Pallet Spice Rack
Every now and again I run into some really cool wood pallet ideas and today was one of those days. I saw this diy wood […]
DIY Portable Charcoal Water Heater
If I had a choice I would always choose a solar water heater for heating water on the homestead over any other type of heater. […]