Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
I have beets coming out of my ears right now, so this is timely information! If you plan to use a water bath canner to preserve your beets, pickling is an important part of the process. (Otherwise, you'll need to use a pressure canner, since beets are a low-acid food.) I love this tutorial from Annie at Montana Homesteader--especially since it doesn't require a bunch of sugar--beets are plenty sweet on their own! My name is Annie ...Continue Reading
If there's one thing I've learned about homestead/farmer folk... ...it's that you guys are a ingenious bunch (especially when it involves baling twine or duct tape!) I'm all about conserving time whenever possible, and I'm always on the look-out for a good homestead hack to add to my collection. What’s a “Homestead Hack?” Good question. Here is how Wikipedia explains it: “Life hacking refers to any productivity trick, shortcut, ...Continue Reading
Beekeeping is one of those things that utterly fascinates me, but I haven't added any bees to my homestead... YET. In the meantime, I love learning from homestead beekeepers such as Amy from The Vomiting Chicken. Not only are bees a wonderful addition to a homestead of any size, keeping bees has much greater importance than just providing you with raw honey. Read on for details! They're dying by the millions. Since 2006 honeybees ...Continue Reading
**Please Note** This post is NOT referring to people who must be on certain diets because of allergies or health problems. I fully acknowledge that is a different issue entirely. I've been noticing an interesting phenomenon lately... If you want to start a debate online, mention either religion or politics. But if you want to start an all-out war, start talking about food. I suppose I understand it to a certain extent... Food ...Continue Reading
My candle collection is no more... Well, I still have a few candles hanging around. (Like the DIY Tallow Candles I made last week...), but the massive collection of artificially-scented candles in every imaginable size and shape? They're gone. They've actually been gone for a while now. Ever since I started my love affair with essential oils, I've gradually lost my tolerance for artificial fragrances. And I've replaced it with ...Continue Reading
This little homemade dish soap recipe just about got the best of me... What originally was meant to be an "Oh, I'm out of dish soap, I'll just mix a homemade version up real quick," turned into a 3-week long ordeal that resulted in jar after jar of failed liquid dish soap experiments sitting on my kitchen counter. We had the thin-as-water variety, the gloppy variety, the so-thick-you-have-to-dig-it-out-of-the-jar-with-a-knife ...Continue Reading
