When it comes to breakfast, my husband made it very clear early on in our relationship that nothing but pure maple syrup would do. We aren’t messing around with that Aunt Jemima stuff! He has ...
Veganic Gardening: The Basics of Natural, Animal-Free Growing
Although it's one of the less talked about gardening techniques, veganic gardening is an effective and healthy way to provide for you and your family. Veganic gardeners avoid things like chemical ...
How to Use Greywater in the Garden
You know that water that runs down the drain in the kitchen and bathroom every day? It's called greywater, and you can use it to water your garden. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of ...
7 Tips for Putting Healthy Weight on Sheep and Lambs
We recently picked up our last batch of lamb from the local USDA slaughterhouse. While we were happy to see that our lambs weighed significantly more than they did last year when we brought them to ...
How to Fix Alkaline Soil in the Garden
All soil has a pH range between acidic and alkaline, with neutral being in the middle. Most people worry about acidic soil, but gardeners need to understand alkaline soil as well. Having alkaline ...
How to Make Soap from Scratch Using Wood Ash and Fat
There are many things that people don’t necessarily “need” as far as self-sufficiency goes. Soap is not one of them. Knowing how to make soap from scratch with hardwood ash lye and fat might mean the ...
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 ...
Fall Pre-Seeding: How To Use This Clever Gardening Technique
I discovered pre-seeding a few years ago when I was super-busy with multiple projects, and I was looking for ways to enhance my efficiency in the vegetable garden. Pre-seeding gave me a head start ...
How to Fatten Up a Pig The Right Way With These 10 Tips
“Eating like a pig” - that’s a common insult that is more or less self-explanatory, is it not? Yet despite the stereotypes that exist surrounding the feeding habits of swine, it isn’t always as ...