Growing my own fresh fruits and vegetables is one of my favorite pastimes. I love to harvest the sweet bounty of my labors. Sometimes growing your own food is
Category: Home Production
We live in a crazy world, and anything that you can do to produce even a small amount of the food you eat can be a great benefit to
Living on a little homestead, we have all kinds of adventures. My least favorite adventure is having to deal with the skunks that love our chicken eggs. Chickens are
Tips for Air Drying and Storing Culinary and Medicinal Herbs
I grow an abundance of culinary and medicinal herbs on our little homestead. After years of experimenting, Jonathan designed the perfect simple dryer where I can easily air dry
Hot Ideas for Protecting Your Plants from Late Spring Frosts
We had a late frost warning in mid-June, which is well past our average spring frost date. We had planted all of our frost-sensitive plants in the garden weeks
Non-Electric Dehydrator – How to Build an Infrared Solar Dryer
Preserving garden bounty is an important part of self-reliance. One efficient way to preserve the harvest is by dehydrating food. Electric dehydrators are a great way to go. However,
