Your Guide to the Self Reliance Challenge ~ Week 3
My Self Reliance Steps ~ Week 3 Another week has flown by and I’ve accomplished most of my goals for the Self Reliance Challenge this week. We’ve had some nice… Read more »
DIY Healing Hand Salves for Homesteaders
Hand salves work wonders on rough, dry skin and the wild plants in these recipes heal minor cuts, scrapes, and insect bites.
How to Make Herb Infused Oils for Skin Care
Herb Infused Oils for Skin Care I’m creating herb infused oils to use in a healing salve for treating my rough, dry hands during gardening season. There are many cultivated… Read more »
How to Make Sour Cream in a Yogurt Maker
How to Make Sour Cream In a Yogurt Maker When I first started creating homemade yogurt, cheese, and butter I had no idea how many other dairy products you… Read more »
Your Guide To The Self Reliance Challenge ~ Week 2
My Self Reliance Steps ~ Week 2 This week was about spending time with family and helping friends. It is a reminder for me that true self reliance is not… Read more »
How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed
How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed Saving money on chick feed is an important part of raising an efficient flock of laying hens. Are you tired of spending… Read more »
Bringing Home Turkey Poults
Bringing Home Turkey Poults I ordered 8 Broad Breasted turkey poults this spring and went to pick them up from the farmer in Wisconsin this week. Although I only ordered… Read more »
Your Guide to The Self Reliance Challenge ~ Week 1
My Self Reliance Steps ~ Week 1 There were days during the first week of my self reliance challenge when I felt a little overwhelmed. There are so many tasks… Read more »
How to Harvest and Use Stinging Nettle
How To Harvest & Use Stinging Nettle I remember my Gram telling (little) me that stinging nettle was good to eat. I found it preposterous at the time that this… Read more »
DIY Hummingbird Nectar
DIY Hummingbird Nectar Hummingbirds will be arriving in my area soon! In anticipation of their aerial antics, I’ve cleaned my feeder, filled it with hummingbird nectar, and now it’s hanging… Read more »
Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Granola
Make Your Own Cinnamon Raisin Granola I hate buying breakfast cereal. It comes in a plastic bag inside of a cardboard box, that’s a lot of waste. And you pay… Read more »
How to Harvest and Use Curly Dock
How to Harvest and Use Curly Dock Curly dock (also known as yellow dock, sour dock, and butter dock, as well as other names) is one of the first wild… Read more »
Let’s Start A Self Reliance Challenge!
Self Reliance Challenge ~ May 2018 31 Days to a More Self Reliant Life Are you interested in being self reliant? Living a more simple life? Growing and preserving your… Read more »
Free Eats ~ Cooking Up Foraged Greens From My Backyard
Cooking Foraged Greens Free Food from My Backyard I don’t have spinach or lettuce ready in my garden yet…heck, the snow just melted last week! But I have weeds and… Read more »
Ebooks To Help You Be More Self Reliant and Save Money
Ebooks For Homesteaders On A Tight Budget! Be More Self Reliant & Save Money Although I love an old fashioned, honest to goodness BOOK, ebooks are a great resource. They… Read more »
My Chicks from Sunnyside Hatchery Arrived!
I’m Back in the Chicken ‘Business!’ My homestead really doesn’t seem much like a homestead without some chickens. So I placed an order for 25 chicks from Sunnyside Hatchery… Read more »
Setting Up Your Brooder Box for Day Old Chicks, Ducklings, and Turkey Poults
Setting Up A Brooder Box For Your Baby Poultry Setting up a brooder box is the first step for providing a safe and healthy home for your day old poultry. Chicks,… Read more »
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… Read more »
Egg Recall & Egg Safety Tips
Egg Recall 2018 & Egg Safety Tips Have you been affected by the latest egg recall? Are you concerned about the safety of your food? I am! Food safety is something… Read more »
Controlling Spotted Wing Drosophila in Home Orchards
What is Spotted Wing Drosophila? The fruit industry is being plagued by an invasive pest called the spotted wing drosophila (SWD) that originally hails from Asia. Unlike its fruit fly… Read more »