I don't want to give you the wrong impression when I say this, but I love drinking fine spirits! I'm not talking about hammering down as many cheap beers or bad tequila as I can, I mean drinking ...
How to Make an Endless Supply of Kombucha with Very Little Work
Many years ago, some new fancy single-serve bottled drinks that cost almost $5 each started showing up in the refrigerator section of my natural food store. The checkers were all raving about them. ...
Fermentation: What Is It and How to Ferment Food at Home
Food preservation is one of the most-often written and talked about subjects in homesteading today. When you grow your own food, you don't want to see it go to waste. Plus, you want to enjoy the ...
10 Easy Steps to Make Homemade Elderberry Wine
I grew up listening to my dad talking about his Grandpa's annual tradition of making elderberry wine. My dad was too young to drink at the time, but he remembers how all of his Uncles and Aunts used ...
How to Get Prepared for Planting Fruit Trees and Bushes
For most fruit trees and bushes, fall is an even better time to plant than spring. So, if you have edible landscaping, food forests, or orchards on your agenda, now is the time to start planning and ...
Everything You Need to Know about Duck Molting and Care
When doing research, you will find a fair amount of information available on chicken molts. When I browse through posts, it becomes clear that chickens molt around fall. Some chickens have hard molts ...
5 Steps to Start a Homemade Cheese-Making Routine
Got Milk? If you have a dairy herd or are thinking about it, summer and fall are prime time for making milk-based products. Most goats breed in fall. Then they kid (have babies) in spring. For a ...
5 Reasons to Start a Pollinator Garden (and 6 Tips to Help You Do It)
Until I started growing food, I didn't realize how much of our food supply was dependent on insects for production. Now, that I do grow most of our food, I made it my mission to make my homestead a ...
20 Practical Ways to Use Weeds on Your Homestead
I love weeds. I am totally serious. I really love weeds! I realize that I may be one of the few people who have a genuine admiration for these infamous, aggressive growers that like to out-compete ...