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This is one of those “Why Didn’t I Think Of That” Ideas Built underground or partially underground a root cellar is a used to store fruits, vegetables, or other foods. A root cellar will keep your food at a stable low temperature and humidity. Properly designed it will prevent spoilage by keeping food cool during the summer months and stop it from freezing…
A quick and easy way to create compost! You don’t need for a pitchfork when you use a compost tumbler. Turning or spinning keeps the pile inside fired up by allowing oxygen to reach the decomposing materials. If you do it correctly, a compost tumbler can cut months from the composting process — sometimes as little as…
Want to know how to build your own Berkey water filter system… for a fraction of the cost of a store brought one? One of the most popular brands for filtering water in rural areas, at disaster sites, and for those just wanting to clean up city water before drinking it is the Berkey water…
The low-tech strategies used by Jean-Martin Fortier (JM) and his wife Maude-Hélèn, kept their start-up costs to a minimum and overhead expenses low . Amazingly their farm became profitable after only a few years of production. With only 1½ acres of cultivated permanent beds, this micro farm gross more than $140 000 per year with operating margins of about 60 per cent,…
20 Basic Homesteading Skills There are many skills a modern homesteader needs to learn. Below is a list I modified Mother Earth article called ‘101 Basic Homesteading Skills’. This list is only a starting point and everyones top 20 homesteading skills will be different and it is to get you thinking about the skills you might want to develop….
Follow These 5 Tips and Get Off to the Right Start. There are so many reasons for new homesteaders to become discouraged. Follow these 5 tips from the While homesteading is about being more self-sufficient, it is easy for new homesteaders to become discouraged. There are just so may obstacles to overcome and things to learn. Here are 5 tips for…
A Few Homesteading Tips to Help You Save Money, Energy, Time, and Sanity. When you first start homesteading you find it exciting. However, like many others before you, you can get ahead of yourself. Here are a few tips to help you save money, energy, time, and sanity. After watching this video let us know…
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WOW! Watch this Video to See How One Guy Did To His Suburban Front Yard… In this video we meet John. He shares with us his suburban homestead where he is growing the majority of his food. He removed his lawn and created raised bed gardens to grow fruit and vegetables. John says he is all about maximising the…
Aquaponics: Over 1,000% more productive than conventional gardening & farming. Imagine growing your own organic, vine ripened vegetables and the freshest of the fresh Tilapia, Catfish or Salmon. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants in water only), in a carefully designed, hyper-productive closed-loop system. You do not need to use…
Super Easy Emergency Well Pump That Requires no Electricity! You have a well, but what do you do if the electricity goes out? How do you get water? Now you never have to be without precious water in any emergency. This is so cool! Easy to make plus inexpensive. Watch this video to lean how……