Making soap was one of the first self sufficient skills I ever learned. Once I began questioning what we were putting into our bodies, what we were putting on them was not far behind. I worried about the chemicals and additives in store bought soap and I wanted to learn a skill that I feel…
15 Questions to Ask to Improve Next Year’s Garden
It’s so hard to believe that this gardening season is over. I like to use this time of year to reflect on how this year’s garden did and figure out ways to improve next year’s garden. Nothing wrong with planning now so that we can improve the harvest next season while it’s fresh in our…
Easy Canned Venison Recipe
Absolutely nothing beats venison. It’s a goal of ours to harvest our limit of deer every season to fill the freezer to feed our family since we can’t raise many animals for meat (aside from poultry) on our one acre homestead. This gives us a sustainable, healthy, and inexpensive source of meat to feed us…
Pickled Green Tomatoes Two Ways
The weather is getting cooler here and the threat of our first frost is imminent. Which means that there are tons of green tomatoes to pick and figure out what to do with. If you’ve never tried pickled green tomatoes, you are in for a real treat. These pickles are incredibly simple to make. And…
How to Improve Clay Soil
Clay soil is cumbersome for just about any gardener. And it can make your dreams of fresh produce seem impossible. But, with a little bit of work you can improve clay soil and turn it into the well-draining, beautiful loamy soil a gardeners dreams are made of. A lot of us have to deal with…
