***Editor’s note: this article was written pre-COVID-19 lockdowns. So, I’m not at home. My family is on a forced internment inside the bowels of the…
Part of the decision to homestead is a desire to live a more natural and healthy lifestyle. It involves eating a more natural diet, leaving…
Building a chicken coop, especially from scratch, can be exhilarating and exhausting, fun and frustrating. After all, a good chicken coop is one of the…
It doesn’t take long for those who get involved in the homestead movement to become interested in the lost kitchen skills of our grandparents and…
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery There’s a passage in the good book…
If you haven’t yet, read Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Based on a recent survey—i.e. walking around the garage and…
Oxymel… what an odd word. The etymology of the word actually gives us the basic recipe for this ancient medicine. The root for oxymel is…
Chances are if you look around your homestead you will find many items that you no longer need or want. Whether they are broken, outdated…
Drowning in milk? Have enough cheese and yogurt to last for more than a decade? It’s time to learn how to make milk soap from…
Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors in leathers drinking from horns or human skulls. Despite this barbarous image, the…
When I tell people I tan snakeskins and animal hides, they politely try to make the disgust on their face look like surprise and interest. …
I love the hard, dirty work that goes along with homesteading but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the fancy, scented soaps and lotions at…