This little chicken is certainly a perky and charming bird that can easily capture your heart with their wild spirits. Old English Game Bantams are primarily an ornamental bird and not exactly a ...
How to Make Homemade Kimchi from Your Fall Garden Produce
Kimchi is my absolute favorite fall ferment to make on the homestead. Plus, fall is the absolute best time of the year to make it. The key ingredients – Chinese or Napa-style cabbage, carrots, and ...
Swiss Chard: Best Varieties, Planting Guide, Care, Problems, and Harvest
Every gardener should try growing Swiss chard at some point. Whether you're a beginner or experienced, the plants will reward you with a bounty of healthy, leafy greens with relatively little fuss. ...
6 Pieces of Advice to Help You Overcome Gardening Failure
We’ve all heard the hero in a movie say, “Failure is not an option!” When it comes to homesteading and gardening failure is possible. If you’re someone who has tried to garden in the past ...
How to Plant a Bee Garden to Help Them Thrive and Get Better Honey
There’s so much more to being a beekeeper than just tending to your apiary. Once you’ve dived into this fulfilling beekeeping hobby, you will soon realize that you have opened the door to other ...
How to Grow Edible Hibiscus Flowers in Your Garden
I first started growing edible hibiscus a couple of years ago because I love hibiscus tea. There's nothing like the distinctive, refreshing taste that comes from this tropical beauty. While I'd grow ...
8 Best Power Inverters – Portable Power Grid Devices for Your Home and Car
Imagine you are cruising along in your campervan and your kids want to watch a video on their iPads or you need to make a call on your smartphone but you have forgotten to charge the devices. There is ...
A Goatherd’s Guide to Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) in Goats
When you make the choice to add animals to your life, you carry the responsibility of taking their health into your hands. Goats, for example, are quite a hardy critter, but they are not without their ...
How to Handle the Odd Behavior of a Goat Buck in Rut
Your goat kid has been a little bundle of joy, but the time has come for him to grow into a full-blown buck. You knew this day would come and your buck would be...well, a little less cuddly than he ...