If you have outdoor or barn cats—and if you are a homesteader you probably do—you know that they can be a boon and a nuisance. Cats have been hanging out on and around farms for millennia, since they first became ...
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Attack of The Green Potatoes
Have you ever noticed a slight green tinge to your potatoes? Or maybe you’ve seen the occasional greenish chip in a bag of potato chips. Potatoes sometimes turn green and, no it is not an old wives’ tale that this ...
Read More »Heirlooms: Root Vegetables
Root vegetables are a diverse category of tasty plants. Many produce delicious, edible roots, but also greens that are nutritious and tasty. If your kids resist eating many of these, especially turnips, beets, and radishes, try growing heirloom varieties. They ...
Read More »How Valuable Is Your Dirt?
When it comes to survival gardening, it all begins with dirt. Once you’ve gotten yourself completely off the grid, you might be generating enough electricity to consider hydroponics. Until that time, you’re stuck with good old-fashioned dirt if you’re looking ...
Read More »How To Save Seeds for the Years to Come
Growing your own food in your backyard garden is one of the most rewarding things you can do. The satisfaction that comes from feeding your family and giving them nutritious, organic produce is well worth the effort you put into ...
Read More »God’s Miracle Dust
Diatomaceous earth, or DE, is substance that has been around for literally millions of years. In terms of human history, DE has been used for thousands of years. In the US, its usefulness in the home, garden, and on the ...
Read More »Will Your Soil Pass The Test?
To grow crops successfully, you need to have good soil. Some people are fortunate enough to live in an area in which the soil is rich with nutrients and perfect for growing vegetables. For the rest of us, there are ...
Read More »How To Build a “Three Sisters” Garden
The “three sisters” garden is a gardening technique taken from our Native American forefathers. It is a tradition where corn, beans, and squash are planted together. The corn stalks are used for the beans to climb up as they grow, ...
Read More »How To Make Your Own Essential Oils and Perfumes
Making essential oils is done by extracting the natural oils from herbs and/or flowers. These extractions can be made with oils or alcohol. Extracting Oils with Oil Oil attracts oil, bringing it out of the leaves and flowers. Therefore, one ...
Read More »Not So Safe Sun Screen Ingredients
Although most popular histories track the invention of sunscreen back to the 1930s, recently translated papyri and tomb walls in Egypt may push that date back by a few thousand years. Giving it a little thought, I guess it just ...
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