DIY Heavy-Duty Hand Salve for Homesteaders (to Protect Your Skin During Chores)
If yard work and gardening are your thing, your hands usually take a beating. Mine sure did. Split knuckles from cold mornings, calluses from...
What January Says About Your Homestead
For most of us, January is one of the coldest months of the year. It can make a lot of outdoor activities challenging or at least difficult to...
The Holistic Guide to Wellness: Herbal Protocols for Common Ailments Book Review
When I first received The Holistic Guide to Wellness: Herbal Protocols for Common Ailments, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve seen herbal guides...
DIY Anti-Microbial Laundry Soap
Whenever possible, I try to use a natural product that is safe for me as well as the environment, but finding a detergent that fulfills both...
8 Backyard Projects You Can Make on a Budget
For many of us, our backyards represent both a comfortable and functional living space. How much we use that space can be limited by the seasons in...
How I Made a Solar Herb Dryer with Scrap Materials
You need a reliable way to preserve your harvest without plugging into the grid. Hanging herbs indoors works sometimes. But it’s slow, risks mold in...
How To Make Natural Glue from Backyard Plants
Most folks don’t realize it, but some of the stickiest, most reliable glues don’t come from a store-bought bottle. They come from right outside your...
DIY Mosquito Repellent Candles
Ever try to enjoy a quiet summer evening on the porch… only to end up as the main course for a swarm of hungry mosquitoes? Yeah, me too. And it’s...
How To Make Backyard Penicillin
There’s a 1 in 5 chance your reaction to antibiotics could land you in the ER. Are you ready to take that risk? Doctors hand out antibiotics for...
Survival Garden: Ingenious Ways To Grow Yours Almost For Free
Gardens are costly, however they don’t necessarily have to be. From the tools we use to developing and increasing soil fertility, there are many...
10 Home Repairs That You Can Do In 10 Minutes Or Less
Owning a home is a dream come true for every homesteader, but the reality is not what you expect. It requires a lot of hard work to keep your...
10 Vegetables That Are Too Easy To Grow Inside
Homesteading is all about being self-sufficient. One of the first things many homesteaders want to do is start producing their own food. Many people...
How To Make A Barrel Of Beer At Home
Beer is great – it isn’t just a dependable drink but also has a rich history of being a reliable source of non-polluted water. Anyone looking to...
6 Simple Ways To Naturally Remove Mold
This is the most feared M-word: Mold. Most of the areas in your house you visit daily can have mold. These are a multitude of fungi organisms that...
H2O Dynamo – This Awesome Device Turns Air Into Fresh Water
Fellow homeowners, You can throw away your water supplies! No matter how much water you store, you’ll never have enough. Plus, you’ll make a lot of...
How To Build An Outdoor Mud Oven
It all began with sourdough bread: flour, salt and water coming together with time as the catalyst to convert simple, natural ingredients into a...
How To Turn Your Property Into A Fort
The average American home is built with profits in mind, focusing on minimal materials and rapid deployment. There is little consideration for home...
How to Make Firebricks (fire logs) and Wood Stove Logs for Free
Today we’re proud to present another DIY project from a fellow Doing the Stuff Networker. Jamie Burke is a master at repurposing trash and junk. His...
How To Make Bio Fuel From Kitchen Scraps
If you want to live a self-sustainable and zero-waste lifestyle, then this article is going to help you in achieving this goal. The project is about...
Ingenious Ways To Recycle Plastic Bottles
Our environment has had enough rejection from us in the past. We now need to join hands and take responsibility of how we take care of it. You can...
How To Make Your Knife As Sharp As The Devil Himself
Though I have never been or never desire to be a killer much of my life’s success was predicated on keeping a set of razor sharp knifes. Again, I am...
