Do your garden tools look like this? Maybe with some extra mud stuck on the back? My tools take a beating, so I give them some TLC every so often. If you can clean them up before you put them away for the season, so much the better, but cleaning and sharpening garden tools is…
Ever considered beekeeping? Wondering if homestead bees might be a valuable addition to your yard and garden? Beekeeping is not as difficult as you might think, and there are many reasons it might be right for you and your family. As a homesteader, there are many benefits you may realize by adding beekeeping into your self-reliance skills.
In last week’s newsletter, I asked readers what they felt destroyed the extended family. This has been on my mind lately as we are getting older and our boys reach adulthood and prepare to leave the nest – or not – and another family member considers joining us in our home. There are so many…
This is a guest post by my friend, CJ Harrington. How to raise chickens cheaply? That’s what I needed to figure out. I got the idea to raise chickens while unemployed for several months. Times got a little tight (to say the least!) and I thought that if I had a coop and a garden…
Our homestead permaculture project officially began this spring. I’ve been nibbling at the edges of the idea for some some now, primarily since reading Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers. I’ve always liked the idea of working with nature instead of battling against it, and Mark Shephard’s comment (in Restoration Agriculture) that we really…