How To Make Dehydrated Broth

“Broth is the foundation of the GAPS diet. One of the pillars of all healthy diets worldwide according to Dr Kate Shanahan and it is featured prominently in Nourishing Traditions.

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Storing Vegetable Seeds

“Every spring we invest in a variety of garden seeds, plant as much as we can fit into our garden, and stash the remaining seeds. When the seeds

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12 Natural Sleep Aids To Get Better Sleep

“Getting to sleep is like solving a personal puzzle, with a different component of a good night’s rest being a piece of that puzzle. It’s different for each

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How To Build An Awesome Sidewalk With Recycled Lumber For Only $50.00

“After reading that title you might wonder, why would anyone make a sidewalk out of wood? Well, there are a few very good reasons for doing it. A

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Seven Secrets Of Dutch Oven Cooking

“Squatting heavily in dank basements, drafty attics, and dusty, cluttered garages, these three-legged hulks from a bygone era wait impatiently to release their treasures. Until then, they are

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How To Make A Skin-Nourishing Herbal Salve

“If you have a yard, chances are you are growing the ingredients for a skin soothing herbal infusion without even trying! Plantain (Plantago major) is considered a weed,

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Sticks & Bones – A Praise Of Bone Broth

“Mmmm the warm smell of nourishing bone broth fills my home with its rich scent and heady perfume. The combination of roasted bones and aromatic vegetables mingle for

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A Goat’s Barn Made From Wood Pallets

“We have a couple of buildings in the plans here at our new homestead and first up was for our existing goats. Currently there are 5 and our

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How To Make A Bike Wheel Bow

“Could not find one of these anywhere – put it into Google but no joy – – guess I better make one myself. Rigid frame. Good power output.

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Wilderness Cuisine: The Cattail Pollen Pancake

“Searching for another food adventure, but not quite up for road kill quiche? Cattail pollen can satisfy a wild appetite without provoking the least bit of squeamishness. Its

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How To Get Rid Of Wasps Naturally

“I truly enjoy being out in the garden, so I can’t let those yellow jackets keep chasing me indoors! So this involves taking matters into my own hands.

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How To Make Head Cold Relief Vapor Discs

“Along with the cooler fall and winter weather inevitably comes cold and flu season. Truth be told, some days I don’t mind the excuse of staying in my

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How To Clean Up Damaged Land With Sun Flowers

“Phytoremediation is the use of green plants to remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless. Plants are truly amazing, when we find a problem in our

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How To Turn Water Into Fuel By Building This DIY Oxyhydrogen Generator

“An oxyhydrogen generator, like this one, uses electricity from your car battery to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gasses. Together, these make a fuel that is much

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Redbuds – You Should Eat Them

“Did you know the redbud is in the pea family? I didn’t until recently, but if you go eat the blossoms, you will believe it. They taste just

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Hemlocks: Nature’s Pharmacy

“Food supplies were sometimes meagre when the first Europeans settled along Nova Scotia bays and rivers. Inland, a boundless nearly unbroken forest canopy greeted them, much of it

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Aquaponics – Domesticating Duckweed

“Duckweed MAY be the food of the future. There is no doubt about that. Grown under ideal conditions, duckweed ranges between 25% and 45% protein and doubles its

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Aquaponics Explained: Feeding Your Fish

“In an aquaponics system the fish feed is the main input. The quality of feed you select not only determines the health of your fish, but also considerably

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Building A Smokehouse…

“As a farm kid, I grew up with a smokehouse right outside the house in the front yard. It was a small brick structure without any door. My

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Step-by-Step Earthbag Building

“This Instructable explains each main step of construction for building vertical earthbag walls. For those who don’t know, earthbag building uses polypropylene rice bags or feed bags filled

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