The Ultimate Homesteading Basics Book is a No-Nonsense Guide Chelsea Wells-Barrett wrote The Ultimate Homesteading Basics Book (#ad) to compile all of the basic information needed to help you get started raising crops and small livestock. I was excited to read this guide and find that the author (and blogger…
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Beekeeping for Beginners with Amber Bradshaw
Beekeeping for Beginners! Is beekeeping on your homestead wish list? Do you want to increase pollination in your orchard and garden? Maybe harvesting sweet golden honey is a dream of yours. These are great reasons to keep bee colonies on your homestead! Beekeeping for Beginners by Amber Bradshaw is a…
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Digz Gardening Gloves Review
Digz Gardening Gloves are colorful and attractive! I had fun reviewing them and plan to give an update on their durability after I put them through their paces.
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The Family Garden Plan Will Help You Grow!
The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year's Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food by Melissa K. Norris will help you plan an abundant garden!
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Sweet Maple by Michelle Visser is a Sweet Read!
I read 'Sweet Maple: Backyard Sugarmaking from Tap to Table' by Michelle Visser and loved it! Brings back memories of visiting the family sugarbush!
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LiteSpan 2in1 LED Floor Lamp Review
Disclosure: We received one LiteSpan 2in1 LED Floor Lamp free of charge (retail value: $42.99 at the time of this writing). Brightech did not pay us for the review, nor did they have any input into it. All opinions are my own. Part of maintaining a sustainable homestead – not…
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Freeze Dried Pork Sausage Crumbles Review
Freeze-Dried Pork Sausage Crumbles Review – Valley Food Storage Are you thinking about stocking up on long term storage foods? Wondering how good freeze dried sausage tastes? Keep reading my freeze dried pork sausage crumbles review to help answer those questions. I’ve wondered how good freeze dried sausage and other…
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Live Your Life: 14 Days to the Best You
‘Live Your Life: 14 Days To The Best You’ by Dr. Ann LeFevre, PHD, LCSW, CMT On occasion I am asked to review a book that really interests me, and ‘Live Your Life: 14 Days To The Best You’ is one of those books. The Cadence Group sent a free…
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Survival Hacks by Creek Stewart
Survival Hacks Book Review I’m always interested in saving money, reusing ‘trash,’ and leaning how to make useful items for everyday and survival situations. Reading through Suvival Hacks by Creek Stewart, I found exactly this type of information. Mr Stewart shares a lot of super easy projects that you can create…
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Meet Pa Mac From The Farm Hand’s Companion Show!
The Farm Hand’s Companion Show & Pa Mac Every now then someone comes along and makes education fun and entertaining. That’s exactly what you get from Gary “Pa Mac” McWilliams and The Farm Hand’s Companion Show! Pa Mac created this series of short videos to show all manner of folks…
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DIY Succulents Review – Book by Tawni Daigle
DIY Succulents Review Let me just start by saying that I have killed jade plants, cacti, and aloe vera, as well as a number of other houseplants over the years. It’s not that I don’t have a green thumb. It’s just that I tend to sort of wear out my…
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Advanced Bushcraft: An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury
Advanced Bushcraft: An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury Book Review I’ve always enjoyed reading up on survival skills, even as a kid I would pour through my Dad’s army survival manuals. So when this new book by Dave Canterbury came out, I was…
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Fermentools Starter Kit Review
Disclaimer: I received a starter kit to review from Fermentools and they sponsored a giveaway of this product. However, all opinions are my own. Fermentools Starter Kit Makes Fermenting Easy I recently tried out the Fermentools Starter Kit created by Matt Gross, founder of Fermentools. I made one quart of…
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Bush Craft 101 by Dave Canterbury
Bush Craft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury I spent quite a bit of time leafing through my Dad’s Army survival guide when I was a kid and I loved soaking up the info to try out on my hikes through the woods.…
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Laundry Day with Kevin’s Quality Clothespins!
Line Dried with Love I hang most of our laundry out on the clothesline during the summer, and I have to say that although I love saving money and energy by line drying, I’m getting pretty frustrated with el cheap-o clothespins (NOT a name brand…just the regular, made wherever, as…
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The Self-Sufficient Home ~ a Book Review
The Self-Sufficient Home By Nancy Hoffman Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book to review. All opinions shared are my own. This book provides an overview of the many aspects of living a more self-sufficient lifestyle. The author gives her readers the basics of a broad spectrum of…