With spring upon us and utility costs rising, line dry laundry is becoming interesting again. Growing up I did not know there was another way of drying laundry except line dry. Maybe growing up you did not know there is another way than a dryer. That's how things have changed. Anyway, if you want to ...
Homesteading
Following your Intuition in everyday life
Following your intuition in everyday life is a subject that I have been wanting to write about for quite a while. But always hesitated. For one I thought following your intuition is so obvious, why would anyone even want to read it. After all, that's what intuition is, you just know. On the ...
Why we are not prepping
Survivalists or preppers who actively prepare for an emergency, disaster, end of the world, or the coming of zombies seem to like our blog. We are sometimes asked about prepping, or what we think about it. In our world, it would seem that everyone should be prepared. However, we do not consider ...
5 Ways to Preserve Food
Living in a cold climate with a short growing season - food preservation is essential. In order to be able to eat homegrown food all year round, we have to store it away. Here are 5 ways to preserve food that we use. These are the 5 ways that are suited to preserve vegetables, fruit, and ...
How to Create a New Garden Bed
Not even 100 years ago every family had a garden. Children learned from their parents and every house came with a more or less established garden. That has changed, but more and more people want to go back to gardening, and growing theyr own food. Gardens are rewarding and fun. How to create a new ...
Turn a Yard Into a Garden
Living in a town or city house, either owning or renting you might not consider that you are able to grow a big portion of your own food in a healthy, organic way. However, that is possible. We want to encourage everyone to turn a common yard into a bountiful edible garden. In this post, we ...
FlyLady System for Homesteading
"My house may be a mess, but you should see my garden" - can you relate? As a homesteader, we could add "but you should see my pantry, or my barn, or my cellar". It seems there are always more important things to do than cleaning and organizing the house. The FlyLady system comes to the rescue for ...
Animal-Free Homestead
Update: This animal-free homestead article was written 2 and a half years ago (2019) a bit over a year after we started our journey on a plant-based diet. I call it a journey since we had no idea where it would take us. We thought it was just about what was on our plate to eat. Soon we realized it ...
Preparing and Storing Canning Jars
The canning season is a busy time of the year. Preparing and storing canning jars so that they are ready to be refilled helps a lot. It eliminates a few steps of work during the cunning season. This can be done all throughout the winter as jars get emptied out, or beforehand in spring. Just ...
Gardening and Wildlife
If you live in a rural area gardening and wildlife might have to coexist. We do not garden for wildlife, as some animal lovers suggest, but we also don't garden against animals. We just garden while creatures big and small pass by. Here we share our and some of our readers' experiences and how we ...
