Winter can seem like ‘down time’ on the homestead, but it certainly is not true in all homesteads.
If you have livestock of any form, you know they need just as much care, if not more, in the winter. If you have wood heat, well then you are hauling and chopping and cleaning ashes.
But the [...]
Whether you live in a an urban apartment or on a ranch on a huge multi-acre spread, organizing is one of the top resolutions for many people this New Year. It usually comes in third on the list, right behind health related and financial related issues. I believe that if this were the only goal for the New Year, [...]
Developing the mentality of a homesteader doesn’t mean you have to live on 20 acres and butcher animals or have a garden and tractor. Developing the mindset is something that anyone can do, anywhere, anytime – we just simply have to think differently. With a few tweaks of the thought process, one can develop a homesteading mentality and use it in even the [...]
Organic farming is a different sort of farming practice which is different from the conventional farming. With organic farming, better and healthy food ingredients can be cultivated. The whole process of organic farming is natural. Basically, the organic farmers deal with the farmlands in a much careful manner. The organic farmers spend lots of time [...]
In today’s difficult economy, a good garden is very important in homesteading. The time you spend in planning and working your garden, will be excellently rewarded. The article below will give you some great tips to gardening.
Planning your garden is one of the most important parts of vegetable gardening, and it’s quite simple. Whether [...]
After writing my ‘three-part’ monster below on May 30th, I got to thinking how those tips really need a bit more clarifying for those who don’t know how to know how to use them to the fullest. The next three tips will be stretching out the list a bit to make sure it makes more [...]
Remember back when you could shop a few different grocery stores across town to get the better deals at each? Well, my tip for today is….”watch out”…..if you are still stuck in that as a habit, it may not be as frugal as it used to be due to the rise in gas prices.
We won’t [...]