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How to Make an A-Frame Chicken Coop

In my excitement to get baby chicks, I forgot they grew like weeds and would quickly outgrow their brooder box! There wasn’t enough room...

How to Sharpen up the hatchet

Actually putting an edge on the little hatchet blade happened quickly.  Oh it wasn’t the best edge for cutting wood in the short time...

Homesteads and Horses: What to Know

Horses bring a variety of benefits to homesteads, whether by plowing fields or by providing compost for gardens or farmland. If you’re considering a...

How To Calculate Your Water Needs For Survival

I’m really trying to emphasize storing water big time because I don’t want my readers standing in line to get water from their local...

How to Make a Portable Swamp Cooler

Ok Where I come from it gets hot. So hot that beer evaporates while in the bottle. Also the fact that my room gets a...

Review – The Milkwood Book

It is with much excitement that we can finally share with you – the Milkwood book is coming. Hooray! Many years in the making,...

How to Prepare for Your Pigs

After a lot of Google research and a terrifying first day (read about it here) we brought our three weaner gilts home. Our homesteading experience...

Black Raspberry Wine Recipe

Rich in ellagic acid, anthocyanins and antioxidants, black raspberries have been called the “king of berries” for their superior health benefits. If you stumble across a patch...

How to Hunt a Deer

To harvest this sort of buck, you must begin to hunt when you leave your car or truck and enter the woods. Hunting is...

Survival Gardens for Winter

First let’s give a nod at the growing zones that are just entering or hitting the main strides of their production seasons. Best of...