Start your own orchard
(Homesteading.news) This isn’t a project that will – pardon the pun – be fruitful in the short term, but longer term, growing your own orchard, if you have some space to do so, will prove t [...]
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Make your own extracts for cooking and baking
(Homesteading.news) Have you ever reached for an extract that you bought at your local grocery store and wondered, as a homesteader, if you could make your own? The answer is, yes you can, [...]
Not pleased with last year’s harvest? Fix your soil
(Homesteading.news) In case you were wondering, the secret to growing success lies in your soil, so improving it is hands down the very best way to bolster your crop yield. And while many h [...]
Try your hand at growing delicious, healthful blackberries
(Homesteading.news) Spring is here and as you prepare to put your seeds and seedlings in the ground, perhaps you’ve thought about expanding your fruit and veggie garden this year with somet [...]
Save big on home heating, cooling costs with this building method
(Homesteading.news) (BPT) – If you are planning to build a new home or add on to your existing home, you likely take for granted that it will be constructed with “sticks.” For more th [...]
Choosing age-appropriate chores and tasks for your kids
(Homesteading.news) As long as there have been farms and homesteading, there have been farm kids that have had chores to do. Kids can and should be a part of raising crops and livestock, no [...]
What it takes to begin raising turkeys
(Homesteading.news) When the subject of raising fowl comes up most homesteaders immediately think “chickens,” and that’s understandable, given that they are the most common domesticated far [...]
Look at all the wonderful benefits of goat’s milk
(Homesteading.news) When it comes to producing milk most people immediately think of a dairy cow, and while raw milk from this source is certainly nutritious, dairy cows require considerabl [...]
Making the best use of your gray water
(Homesteading.news) (BPT) – Water conservation isn’t just for Californians and others who live in dry climates. Although the Golden State’s water woes grabbed headlines last summer, i [...]
Make your own dandelion oil and salve
(Homesteading.news) We all know that every day in the life of a homesteader is filled with work and chores that are hard on your hands and skin, but as spring approaches, planting season lo [...]
