Hobbies & Crafts

How to Make Herbal Tinctures

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and liquid medicinals from herbs, berries, and roots. Medicine making is both an art…

2 years ago

Foraging the Forest for Spring Edibles

It’s early spring. The bone-chilling winds of winter have finally given way to that sweet-smelling southern breeze. Songbirds have returned…

2 years ago

Black Gold: Make Your Own Natural Charcoal

We haven’t set the mountain on fire... yet.  But it is always a possibility, of which we are acutely aware,…

2 years ago

Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for supper, field dressing wild game, butchering livestock, or…

2 years ago

A Cozy Winter Reader: Great Homesteading Books to Curl Up With

On the homestead, spring is a flurry of activity. The garden is woken up, quilts are aired out, lambs and…

2 years ago

Handmade Gifts from the Homestead

The holidays should be a time of great joy and peace.  It is a time to reconnect with friends and…

2 years ago

Foraging for Old Field Tea

Years ago, I, like many college students, spent a lot of time in cafes and coffee shops as I pursued…

3 years ago

Going Beyond Grape: Oddball Wines to Make at Home

My venture into winemaking at home all started with two very prolific pear trees. My mother had planted these trees…

3 years ago

Top 5 Reasons to Can Your Own Meat

Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat.  I normally can about 60 pounds of meat at a time…

3 years ago

Making Labneh Cheese: Food Without Electricity

So as I went on and on about how excited I am that I'm making continuous production yogurt (one of…

3 years ago