How to Find Deals on Gardening Supplies
Whether you garden on a large-scale or simply have a patio garden, you’re probably always looking for good deals on gardening tools and supplies. The following suggestions will provide you with some of the best places to find those money-saving deals. Garage sales and estate sales As soon as the weather begins to get warm, …. Read More
DIY Flow Through Worm Bin
Worm castings are a great natural fertilizer that not only add plant-available nutrients, but also increase long-term soil structure and health. But at over $20 a cubic foot, worm castings can be expensive to add to your garden. So don’t buy them, make your own flow through worm bin and easily harvest your own worm …. Read More
Slow Cooker Coq Au Vin (How to Cook a Rooster)
When it comes time to butcher some roosters to reduce their numbers in your flock, you might find them quite tough and difficult to butcher. Roosters make for particularly tough meat, and need to be cooked properly in order to enjoy them, but when you do, they can provide a delicious and rich flavor that …. Read More
Simple Shortcuts to Living Off-Grid
The ideal situation for living off grid would be to own your own land with acerage, good soil, a well or spring, and the resources to raise animals and grow and process lots of food. This is obviously something that most people will have to work up to, homesteading definitely takes time, patience and resources. …. Read More
No Thin Method for Planting Carrots
Anyone who has grown carrots knows that many of the carrots are lost to thinning. With seeds as tiny as carrot seeds are, it is difficult to handle them and space them out when planting. Even if great care is taken not to plant too many in one area, you might wait only to find …. Read More
15 Household Uses for Borax
Borax, or sodium borate, is a very cool old-school natural cleaning agent that has many uses around the home. It is most commonly used as a laundry booster or as a base for DIY laundry detergent, and it’s great for this. But there are actually many household uses for borax! A box of borax is …. Read More
First-Time Permaculture (Infographic)
I have always been fascinated by permaculture. It seems like such a cool method of gardening, but also complicated and confusing. I’ve always wanted to study it more, but it’s hard to know where to start. I recently came across this great infograhic that breaks down a lot of the principal components of permaculture for …. Read More
Making Your Own Potting Soil
Whether you are growing in raised beds, containers, or even in rows, you can benefit from starting your crops on tables and even under cover. But starting your crops outside of their final location, or growing in containers will mean that you need potting soil, which is expensive. Reducing this cost is a crucial step …. Read More
Three Important Homestead Firearms (Video)
If there is one incredibly appropriate place for firearms, it is on a homestead. There, they are important tools. They provide security of your home, belonings and animals. They can scare off, injure or kill dangerous predators. You can use them to kill animals you raise quickly and painlessly, as well as wild animals you’d …. Read More
5 Pre-Industrial Skills Everyone Should Have
The modern era has many advantages. Modern technological advancements have made daily life much simpler and less labor-intensive. No longer do we need to spend hours hand-washing our laundry, hauling water from streams and creeks or pumping it from a well, harvesting and grinding grain. etc. However, modern life has also made us very reliant …. Read More