DIY

Sprouts: easy DIY winter greens

I've been eating sprouts during the winter for a number of years now. Sprouts are a quick and easy way…

9 years ago

8 tips for growing your own seedlings

Growing your own seedlings is not hard to do and opens the door to new opportunities for the home gardener, homesteader…

9 years ago

Putting the buzz in Johnny’s catalog

It's at this time of year─when the growing season for most farmers and gardeners is behind us and the world…

10 years ago

DIY mouse-guards: how and when to install them on your beehive

Harvest is now past, the leaves are falling from the trees to blanket the Earth as we move deeper into the…

10 years ago

Butchering Meat Rabbits

**WARNING** This article discusses the slaughtering and butchering of livestock. The images below may not be appropriate for all audiences. On…

10 years ago

DIY screened bottom board “sticky-stuff”

The beginning of August signifies the end of the spring nectar flow here in Maine. At this point in the…

10 years ago

Zipties on a weed-whacker: an experiment

Have you've seen the post going around facebook that shows a homesteader using zipties on a weed-whacker instead of the…

10 years ago

Garden Update

With the sowing of green beans on Friday, the garden is finally complete. If I weren't moving this fall it…

10 years ago

Conducting a SWOT analysis of your farm

No one gets into farming because they want to get rich, lol. But at the same time a farm is…

11 years ago

Companion planting made easy

It was my father in-law who first introduced me to the concept of companion planting, as we discussed gardening, and…

12 years ago