There's an easy way to indulge your lactose love, and that's by making various types of cheeses at home. In fact, not only is making homemade cheese cost-effective, it happens to be a lot of fun as ...
How to Make Powdered Wild Greens
Whether crops fail or sources are generally scarce, one can often depend on wild foods for sustenance. Foraged "weeds" and other wild greens are often more nutritious than their cultivated cousins and ...
The Best Way to Dry Peas and Beans
There are several different ways to dry peas and beans, but some are more effective than others. In fact, there's one spectacular way to dry both of them to great effect. Got your attention? Read ...
8 Tips for Storing Onions to Increase Their Longevity
This year, we were lucky enough to grow almost all of the onions we needed for the entire season in our garden. Unfortunately, we got a little overzealous with our canning, so most of our ...
Wild Flours: 14 Wild Plants You Can Transform into Flour
Is there anything prettier than a big bouquet of wildflowers? Maybe a table full of wild flours that you can cook and bake with! Okay, I'm really sorry about that horrible pun, but being able to ...
16 Wild Foods You Can Forage to Pickle for the Pantry
Stocking the pantry for the winter months is a must for self-sufficiency. Sure, in a best-case scenario, you can pop down to the supermarket for essentials in the dead of winter. But that’s not always ...
How to Harvest and Use Rosehips
You may have heard people talk about rosehips before without actually knowing what they are, let alone how to use them. And that's absolutely okay. There are a bajillion different plants out there, ...
Mushroom Foraging: 11 Easy Types to Find and a Few Tips to Remember
Mushroom foraging is a fantastic hobby that can even earn you money. Not only are foraged mushrooms delicious, but they sell for high prices. Plus, you can supplement your diet with some healthy (and ...
How to Make Homemade ‘Champagne’ and Enjoy Sparkling Wine
Technically, you can’t make homemade champagne on your homestead unless you make it in the Champagne region in France. That’s because “champagne” is a legally protected term reserved for sparkling ...