A garden offers some truly great benefits to those who undertake the task. It is a way to exercise greater control over the food in your…
If you’re like me, you’ve spent years wanting out of the rat race. You dream of a homestead where you can live without owning a…
Recently several people have been asking a lot of questions about my solar and wind power, solar hot water, and wood heat. With power rates…
Here’s the thing… we recently discovered we’re very rich. Right now we are only lacking money. Thankfully, we have pretty much everything else in abundance. …
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…
Eating healthy is expensive… right? Actually, eating healthy nowadays does not have to be expensive. In fact, it can be cheaper and far less complicated…
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…
Most homesteads, even those aiming for very high self-sufficiency, cannot live entirely free from finances. We all live in the modern world, even when we…
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…
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…
Think back to your grandparents, or maybe your great-grandparents and the stories they used to tell you. Chances are they were full of self-sufficiency, gardens,…