From goat-raising to greenhouse-building, everything that is a part of homesteading falls into this category. For ease, we’ll be subdividing, so you can find what you’re after in a hurry!
Today, I’d like to share about a project I’m currently finishing up. Building a swarm trap from spare equipment. There are a couple of questions that are pretty common on this topic that I’ll try to address. These questions include the value of a swarm trap, why you should build …
Hello, readers! Handyman here, again. This time I’m bringing you an idea of Perfection’s, so you know it’s bound to be a good one. One day she was searching the web and the idea popped into her mind that we should build an A-frame trellis for our peas AND our …
Going off the grid, how possible is it in today’s world? Can it be done? How easy can it be to do everything without electricity? I tell you it can be done. It’s not easy, but it IS doable! I did it for about 10 years with three children! Many …
The reasons to bee a beekeeper are as varied as the keepers themselves. Just so you know, ‘bee’ puns are mandatory for all keepers. Sorry, you’ll get used to it. They (the reasons, not the puns) span the range between curiosity, relaxation, health, preparedness, and of course the golden crop …
Hello, Readers, Handyman here! Today, I’m excited to bring you a wildly successful compost tea recipe, as promised! You won’t want to break out the fine china for this one… In this post, I’ll be going over where I got my recipe, the actual recipe with instructions, why each ingredient …
Goats. Poisoned? What?! Don’t goats have iron guts and eat anything? That’s what I thought when we first ventured into buying goats. Hello, readers! Handyman here, to give you some valuable resources to both help you avoid goat poison, and to deal with it if you have to. It turns …
Hello, readers! Handyman here with some quick tips and resources on how to plan your garden. Do you feel like you’re already too far behind to get your garden started this year? Well, you’re not! There are plenty of growing days left in the season to successfully plan your garden. …
If only all weeds were this obvious, right? If you find organized planting and early weed identification to be the simplest, most hassle-free of tasks, this post is probably not for you. For the rest of us mere mortals, I’ll be writing a simple three step plan to turn your …
Hello, readers! Is your watering system having trouble watering your whole garden without getting frustrating dry spots, spending all day in the garden, or else paying a fortune? I’m back again today to give you my promised watering system and solve all those problems in one convenient post. First, I’ll …
Just how big can a raised bed garden box be? In our family, that question isn’t nearly as rhetorical as you might think. We’re up to a six hundred square feet of raised bed garden space… And planning for another 1,000. Not terribly long ago, I promised to share my …
