Bake in Bulk to Save Time and Money
Cooking and baking from scratch are hallmarks of the homesteading movement. In…
How to Make Goat Milk Butter
The first thing to do before learning to make goat milk butter…
Preserving the Harvest: Food Preservation Techniques
Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we…
The Pawpaw: America’s Secret Native Fruit
Ozark banana. Quaker delight. Asimoya. Hillbilly mango. This relatively obscure fruit goes by…
Haybox Cooking on the Homestead
I first learned about haybox cooking in England, in the 1980s. It…
Crafting Country Wines
Homemade wines are easy and quick to create. Not only can you…
Elder: Heirloom Herb and Source of Elderberry Syrup
The elder is a deciduous shrub of myth, legend, beauty, and usefulness. …
Cooking with Fresh Herbs from Your Garden
What can you cook when you have an abundance of herbs growing…
Weed ‘Em and Eat: 7 Common Edible Lawn Plants for Early Spring
The snow is melting. The birds are chirping. The promise of a…
Africa’s Super Crop: The Ancient Grain That Thrives Where Others Fail
Imagine if you had the option of inventing a new crop that…
Tips from an Established Forest Garden
Starting a forest garden on your homestead is one of the best…