Do you like smoothies? Do you enjoy the many different smoothie recipes or the fact that you can have something fresh as you run out of the door each morning? Well, whatever your reasons are for ...
14 Pieces of Advice You Need on Your Journey to Self-Sufficiency
What is your goal as a homesteader? Do you want to be healthier? Do you want to be more knowledgeable? What about becoming more self-sufficient? Does that sound like a reason why you began this crazy ...
5 Easy Tips to Stop a Hot Hive and Why I Don’t Embrace Hot Hives
Have you ever had a ‘hot hive?’ For those of you less familiar with the beekeeping world, a hot hive is a hive that is just flat out mean! Well, my husband and I raise bees together and have ...
21 Types of Basil That Are Beautiful, Flavorful, and Utterly Delicious
My husband and I recently planted a large herb garden at our new homestead. I remember when we planted our herb garden at our old, smaller homestead. We started the plants from seeds and just ...
8 Easy Ways to Preserve Your Blueberry Harvest and Make It Last
It has been hot, hot, hot here at our homestead this week, and I haven’t made the temperature situation much easier on myself. Why? Well, because I’ve been one busy little bee canning away. We have ...
24 Creative Uses for Shredded Paper that You May Never Have Thought of
Are you constantly tossing out junk mail or old newspapers? Do you shred private information like bank statement, old bills, or credit card statements? If so, what do you do with the shredded paper ...
42 Amazing Man Cave Ideas That Will Inspire You to Create Your Own
So you have some spare space in your garage, basement, out building, or even attic. What do you do with it? Well, if you are a man, you turn that space into a ‘man cave.’ (Sorry ladies, I’ll have to ...
How to Build a Sturdy, Functional Pole Barn Fast and For Under $600
This summer we moved to a new homestead. It had the land, the smaller home, and a garage for storage. But it did not have a barn. If you have a homestead, you know how important it is to have a ...
33 Simple Tips on How to Cool Down a Room Without AC
I was pulling into my driveway the other day when the DJ came on the radio and announced that her air conditioning in her home had gone out right in the middle of a heatwave. To make matters worse, ...