The great English breakfast would not be complete without a slice of fried black pudding. Read on to learn how to make black pudding or blood sausage at home so you can make the very most of nose to tail butchering. Black pudding is also known as blood sausage … [Read more...] about How To Make Black Pudding Blood Sausage
Homesteading
How To Start Homesteading
Homesteading doesn't mean you need acres and acres of space. There are lots you can do on a small scale without all the worry and hassle of managing acres of land! Read on to see how to start homesteading no matter where you live, with the budget you have. … [Read more...] about How To Start Homesteading
Homemade Laundry Soap Liquid
Making your own laundry detergent is quite straight forward and will cost you pennies per load. But, is homemade laundry soap liquid really worth the effort and does it really clean a homesteader's clothes? Read on for laundry soap recipes and how to make liquid … [Read more...] about Homemade Laundry Soap Liquid
Installing A Package Of Bees: The Tools and Prep You NEED Before They Arrive!
Installing a package of bees can be a nerve racking experience for a novice beekeeper and one which I promise you is far easier if you are prepared and ready to go before the bees arrive. Read on to see what tools and preparations you need to make before installing a … [Read more...] about Installing A Package Of Bees: The Tools and Prep You NEED Before They Arrive!
Best Backyard Chicken Breeds For Suburban Homesteads
Backyard chickens are an easy venture into raising meat on the homestead and trying to find the right chicken breeds for backyard flocks can be challenging, Suburban homesteads and urban homesteads have different needs for a backyard chicken breeds in a flock than a … [Read more...] about Best Backyard Chicken Breeds For Suburban Homesteads
Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap
Spring is just around the corner even if there is several inches of snow on the ground! February is a great time to start building swarm traps and setting bait hives ready for swarm season to catch a free swarm. I built this 3 frame bait hive using reclaimed wood … [Read more...] about Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap
New Chicken Yard With A Permaculture Twist
I like to give my backyard chickens plenty of room to move about in but there are a couple of downsides to letting them free range throughout the whole yard. I'm going to use my skills as a Permaculture Designer to create a chicken friendly yard for them! … [Read more...] about New Chicken Yard With A Permaculture Twist
My Hive Is Probably Dead
My beehive is probably dead. We hear no gentle humming when we put an ear up to the hive and the bodies of dead bees outside the door is piling up to alarming proportions. I think I made a heap of novice beekeeping mistakes and those rookie errors killed my hive but I … [Read more...] about My Hive Is Probably Dead
The Homesteader Gift Guide (For The Winter Holidays or Any Time of Year)
Holiday shopping is tough and my family found it hard to buy me things as gifts recently because they didn't know what I would like. My husband bought 3 pairs of wellies for me to wear in winter around the homestead but none of them were right! So to aid my family and … [Read more...] about The Homesteader Gift Guide (For The Winter Holidays or Any Time of Year)
Precision Old Red Barn Chicken Coop Review
Prefabricated chicken coops make it easy for people to start raising backyard chickens. I bought a Precision Old Red Barn II chicken coop, see how it went together and how well it performs for my backyard flock. … [Read more...] about Precision Old Red Barn Chicken Coop Review
