Good food is the foundation of good living in my book. As such, I take it pretty seriously. Not only do I grow most of my food, but I do almost all of my cooking from scratch. When you go to that ...
How to Design and Create a Cozy Bistro Dining Area in your Garden
In my first garden, I had a small bistro dining area complete with a two-seater bistro dining set snuggled into my herb area. It was my favorite place to have tea, read, and jot notes in my journal. ...
25 Practical Indoor Homesteading Hacks at Zero Cost in Less Than 5 Minutes
We homesteaders are a practical bunch. Some things we want to make pretty, others we only want to get it done so we can move on to more important things. The indoor homesteading hacks that follow ...
20 Easy-to-Grow Spices You Can Grow at Home
I love cooking. I cook breakfast and dinner just about every day of the year. I have a relatively large repertoire of dishes I can make without ever needing to look at a recipe. Still, making 730 ...
10 Indoor Homestead Skill-Building to Beat the Winter Blues
When the winter weather hits in earnest, I have more time to spend doing things indoors. I could easily get caught up in watching the latest greatest TV programs (and sometimes do). But really, I feel ...
20 DIY Chicken Brooders from the Low Cost to the Beautiful and Durable
Finding young, ready-to-lay chickens for sale is hard. When you do find them, they are often expensive, or you have limited breed selection. That means, if you want to raise chickens at home, there's ...
6 Easy DIY Cheese Cave Ideas for the Cheese Lover
Cheese is the one food I could not imagine living without. I love it so much, that when I started my homestead, a herd of dairy goats were high on my priority list. Now, for most of the year, I hand ...
Buying Seeds Strategically: A Frugal Gardener’s Guide to Ordering Seeds
I love it when seed catalogs start showing up in my mailbox. The delicious details, the incredible photos or drawings, and all those heirloom varieties make me want to read my catalogs like novels -- ...
How to Turn your Home into a Homestead for $500 (and Save Thousands of Dollars)
If you read any of those “Things I wish I Knew Before I Started Homesteading” kind of blog posts, you'll hear this common refrain: “Homesteading is expensive.” On one level, I fully agree. I spent ...