In the first article of this series, Cheesemaking Science for Beginners, Part One: Ingredient Basics, I discussed how cheesemaking ingredients and processes contribute to the…
After waging war on all the germs and bacteria we know are lurking around us, people are finally beginning to understand that some bacteria…
As homesteaders we have canned, frozen, dried, and smoked a lot of food. However, many of us have not yet tried the ancient art of…
Winter is approaching and that means we can look forward to more reading, browsing through seed catalogs, holiday celebrations with family...and the flu. Flu…
Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we are gearing up to preserve the fruits of our labor. Preserving…
Using Herbal Remedies on the Homestead One of the greatest benefits of homesteading is the increased responsibility you have over your life. You choose…
If you’ve never had, or heard of, miso, let me enlighten you. If I were to say, “Japanese fermented soybean paste”, I’d probably lose…
I always believed a variety of natural, wholesome foods is pretty much all most people need to eat healthy. This, for me, included whole…
As good healthcare becomes more and more expensive and ever more difficult to access in a timely manner, it’s important for homesteaders to learn…
Once, on a late September day, my dear hubby came home, opened the side door, and jumped back with a yelp. A dense mass…
Self-sufficiency and sustainability are buzzwords—not only used in the close-knit homesteading community, but by corporations who want to cash in on a trending value…
Fermentation is enjoying somewhat of a celebrity status these days. In 2010, a story in The New Yorker about fermenting guru, Sandor Katz, revealed…
Homemade non-grape wines are easy and quick to create. Not only can you fill your own glass, but those of your friends and family…
Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors in leathers drinking from horns or human skulls. Despite this barbarous image,…
Homesteaders are a resourceful and imaginative group. If you need a tool, a fixture, an egg or heating fuel, there’s that innate drive to…
When considering the wonderful contributions that Russia has made to the culinary world, the first response that might spring to the mind of a typical…
Homesteaders often enjoy looking back and learning how the old-timers did things. We look back at their lives as not necessarily easier, but more simple…
It was a simpler time, before railroads were built or the coal industry and tourism began to change the landscape. Back then, existence was all…
I recently set out to learn how to make yogurt. In my initial information gathering, two things made an impression on me because they…
Antibacterial soap, use-anywhere bleach spray, chlorinated water, antibiotics, not to mention the horror we express if the baby eats some dirt... we are obviously a…
