Hobbies & Crafts

Dumpster Diving: One Person’s Trash Could Be Your Treasure.

Dumpster diving has been around for years.  People have been diving in the dumpsters behind stores, near homes, in the…

3 years ago

Lost Kitchen Skills: Zero-waste Cooking with Fats, Scraps, and Dairy

It doesn’t take long for those who get involved in the homestead movement to become interested in the lost kitchen…

3 years ago

Making Oxymels: The Sweet-Tart Medicine

Oxymel... what an odd word.  The etymology of the word actually gives us the basic recipe for this ancient medicine. …

4 years ago

How to Make Milk Soap from Scratch

Drowning in milk? Have enough cheese and yogurt to last for more than a decade? It’s time to learn how…

4 years ago

Naked Gardening Exposed!

By now you’ve probably seen the Internet hoopla for World Naked Gardening Day.  The subject is everywhere, with its own…

4 years ago

Basket-making Basics

Basketry: possibly the oldest of human crafts.  It is time-honored, it is revered, it is respected, and still, it has…

4 years ago

Crafty Cash — Put Your Hobbies to Work

Homesteaders have long been some of the most creative folks around.  We’re a race of putterers, always tinkering and patching…

4 years ago

Tanning Skins and Hides on the Homestead

When I tell people I tan snakeskins and animal hides, they politely try to make the disgust on their face…

4 years ago

Bath, Body, and Beyond: DIY Bath Products from the Homestead

I love the hard, dirty work that goes along with homesteading but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the fancy,…

4 years ago

Utilizing Trees on the Homestead: Crafts to Cure-alls

  When you become a homesteader, you notice how much nature is willing to give to us in return for…

5 years ago