The Power of Feijoas

Hooray, it’s feijoa season! Perfumed green fruits like no other, and the final harvest of our autumn. Here are a few tips for growing,...

Recipe – Homemade Chocolate Syrup

This super easy, homemade chocolate syrup recipe is the best way to add some extra love to your desserts. Homesteading is often about making or...

How to Grow and Dry Your Own Herbs

As a new gardener, I often found the task of growing prize-winning tomatoes and succulent melons very daunting. Can I say succulent melons here?...

How to Tell Your Food is Spoiled

As a homesteader, much of what you do throughout the year involves preserving, preparing, and conserving food. Therefore, it is important to know the...

A Simple Banana Oat Bread Recipe

Why compost or throw out those old brown bananas when you can have the smell of delicious banana oat bread wafting through your house...

Recipe – Roasted Poblano Salsa

I’m feeling decidedly uncreative this year… …as far as food preservation goes. Am I allowed to say that? There I go, losing my homesteader status points again… I’m...