How to Cook Bone Broth in Your Slow Cooker
Bone broth is a total foodie fad, and for good reason. The vitamins and minerals from bones are great for you, for many reasons. Regularly consuming bone broth can help prevent osteoporosis, keep skin youthful and healthy, strengthen your immune system, help repair muscles and help you grow strong hair and nails. For a homesteader, …. Read More
DIY Starter Log
Starting a fire, even in a fireplace or a wood burning stove takes time, time and kindling. It’s much more convenient to use a starter log. But starter logs cost about $5 a piece, and that quickly adds up in the winter. This video demonstrates how to make starter logs yourself, from material and tools …. Read More
Dollar Store First Aid Supplies
It’s really important to keep a well-stocked first aid kit on the homestead. Scrapes, scratches, and bruises are common, and you also might live far away from a medical clinic or hospital and will need to tend to more serious wounds or illnesses yourself at times. There are a multitude of pre-made first aid kits …. Read More
Easy Mistakes to Avoid in the Garden
When you have a failure in your garden chances are it is not unique to you. You probably made a mistake that plenty of other gardeners have made, a mistake that was easy to make, and probably easy to avoid as well if you know how. Here are a few of the more common …. Read More
The Life Cycle of a Chicken (Infographic)
So I guess it’s a bit of an urban legend that chickens need roosters to lay eggs. Which makes sense, of course, given we humans need a male and a female to “lay” a baby! However, this understandable misconception is due to the fact that eggs are not the exact equivalent of a human baby …. Read More
Tips For Watering Your Garden
Although it may seem that watering your garden should be as simple as turning on a hose or pouring water from a watering can, there are various factors to consider in order to prevent water-related problems in your garden. The type of soil you have will play a large role in determining your watering routine. …. Read More
Tips to Save Money in the Garden
One of the big benefits of growing a garden is that your grocery expenses are less when you grow your own vegetables, berries and herbs. There are numerous tips you can implement to save money in the garden. By becoming a frugal gardener, you will increase the financial benefits your garden offers. Some of the …. Read More
How to Reduce Waste in Your Kitchen
Our kitchens can produce tons of waste. Food scraps, packing, plastic bags, used napkins, and paper towels. Unfortunately, all this waste just ends up in a landfill somewhere, after being hauled away, of course. If you have any kind of desire to be more self-reliant, off-the-grid, and self-sustainable, waste removal is going to be an …. Read More
DIY Scrap Mouse Trap
Mice can be a real problem, this time of year they aren’t satisfied with staying outside. This means that they will bring all of their diseases with them, if you let them. Exterminators can be expensive, and traps can too. My favorite store bought trap is the igloo-like electric trap, and that can cost as …. Read More
Benefits of Aquaponics
Aquaponics, which has grown in popularity in recent years, is a combination of hydroponics, growing plants in water, and aquaculture, the practice of raising fish in containers. The idea is that the waste produced by the fish provides fertilizer to the plants, and the plants provide food for the fish. It might sound rather complicated, but there …. Read More