Take your home pantry to the next level and learn how to make butter from heavy cream. Homemade butter is so easy to make, and while it may not exactly save you money, according to this Bon Appetit article, it is delicious, luxurious, and completely customizable. In our home cooking journey, I feel like there …
Whether you want compost for your garden or want to recycle food stuffs, in this post we’ll discuss how to start a composting pile from scratch. One of the big tasks of keeping a home running is making sure everything works well together. Part of this is making sure that wastes gets well managed. It …
Homesteading is hard. In this post I’ll show you how to hack your homestead and finally making homesteading easy. One of the reasons people are moving off-grid and building homesteads is the pursuit of a simpler way of life. But homesteading often means that a simpler way of life is a harder way of life. …
With what you can pick from your front lawn, and equipment you already have around the kitchen, you can make your own with this old-school dandelion wine recipe. While it might be Fall, the dandelion wine I made in the Spring is now mature enough to drink. It’s a tradition in my family, as the …
Home canning tomatoes is an excellent way to preserve your garden’s harvest and give you homegrown tomatoes for any future recipe! Here’s how to can crushed tomatoes. Tomatoes are a homesteader’s boon. They’re a relatively easy crop to grow, one plant can produce many pounds of fruit and tomatoes can be used in countless delicious …