In addition to their striking looks, however, adding black chicken breeds to your free-ranging flock can actually protect you from hawks! Raising chickens in your own backyard can be both fun and challenging, especially if you are looking for more breeds to add to your chicken coop to expand your flock. Checking for different breeds …
Off grid
Whether camping, living or Rving full time, one of the biggest questions I hear is what kind of off grid toilet options there are. A lot of people have this mindset that off grid living means cutting out on electricity bills, planting your own food, tending your own garden. But, no, that’s not all there …
Are you new to gardening and want to grow some spinach? This guide will teach you how to grow spinach! Spinach is a green leafy vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked. It makes great salads, sandwiches, and soups. Growing spinach is easy and can be done in most climates with plenty of sunlight. …
Throughout the Winter, and into the Spring, if you have a wood burning fireplace, or a wood stove, you have to clear out the ash to make room for new wood. In this post I’ve collected 12 unique ways you can re-purpose that wood ash. If you’re anything like me, however, you know things on …
There is absolutely nothing like homemade maple syrup. In this post, we’ll cover how to tap trees for syrup. Tapping trees for syrup is a fun and rewarding homestead project that you can do in late Winter, early Spring, when most other homesteading chores are done. It was one that I tried, just for the …
