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…

9 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…

9 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