Resources that every homesteader should have to build a successful homestead. Includes tips, experiences and stories.
Normally I hate to go to the store, preferring that someone else go, but the local farm supply shop is different. I LOVE to go there! By “Farm Supply” I mean a place of business that sells and repairs farm equipment, but even if you don’t have a farm, there are good reasons to patronize …
If you do almost anything with your hands, whether it be on the farm, the garden or DIY projects in the home, you should carry a multi-tool. Almost anyone could use a multi-tool. “Multi-tool” is a term which describes a handheld, folding tool with multiple “blades,” or attachments. Some multi-tools are knives, by all rights. …
When I was in high school, I understood homesteading to be something that was only done back in the 1700 to early 1900s at best. However, as I have been living on my own for some years, I have come to realize something. Homesteading is still modern. It can be. There are some advantages …
Being into self sufficient living I personally prefer to grow much of my own food, make my own bread (with my own sourdough), shave with a straight razor and… compute with Linux. Linux and homesteading are a natural combination, though one doesn’t often hear them mentioned together. What is Linux anyway? Linux is an operating …
Survival seed vaults remind me of the electric socks my mom picked up for me when I was a teen getting ready to go on a winter camping trip. The socks did indeed heat but they were very large, very bulky and each sock required TWO D size batteries to run. To have used them …
I’ve recently read the book Way Of The Pack by Brenda M. Negri. It’s an excellent read and a necessity for anyone who keeps livestock guardian dogs. If you don’t have this book in your possession and are wanting a LGD, get it! She makes many valid points in her book. The philosophy to training …
Cast Iron is my absolute favorite cookware to use. My grandma used to use cast iron. My parents used it. When my husband and I were dating, his pride and joy was a cast iron Dutch Oven….and his parents used a cast iron frying pan. Traditionally, if you want top of the line home cooking, …
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I may be coining a term, but “heirloom gardeners” do exist. I am an heirloom gardener, and that’s not just because I’m getting old. Heirloom gardening is a mindset, and an heirloom gardener gardens in a particular manner. Let me explain. An heirloom gardener tends to save seed and/or propagate varieties for years. Related article: …
The American Boys’ Handy Book is truly a classic and was first published in 1882. The author, D.C. Beard was born in 1850 and died in 1941. To quote, the book is “an 1890 manual of pastimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising …
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by Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile Published by Comstock Publishing Associates a division of Cornell University Press 1998 Review by Jerreth McLaughlin This book is a classic for anyone interested in Beekeeping. My husband, George uses it in all of the classes he teaches on Beekeeping. It gives a good overall history of bees. At …