A good beehive inspection will let you know how your bees are doing. Honey bees are very competent and can take care of themselves for the most part. Taking a peep into the hive will make sure that they are healthy and don’t need any outside help from you. You’ll need to check on the ..read more

I have been enjoying sun tea as long as I can remember. I had a gallon of it seeping outside recently when a friend dropped by and she asked me why I had a jug of dirty water sitting out. Making sun tea is great for many reasons but the main reason is because it ..read more

Not sure how to get started canning food? Canning food can be intimidating if you’ve never tried it. But following some simple canning instructions, you can preserve your spring harvest for long-term storage. Get your free printable guide and learn the basics of canning food for long shelf storage. What equipment and tools do you ..read more

This is a very flavorful tuna salad recipe. Once you try this recipe, I am sure you’re going to take your old boring tuna salad recipe and toss it to the curb ..read more

When you have your own backyard flock, you don’t have to settle for boring white and brown eggs. To get a colorful, varied egg basket you will need a variety of chicken breeds. Chickens can lay a variety of egg colors, depending on their breed, but each individual hen will only lay one color of ..read more

Whether you’re just getting started with homesteading or are looking to find better tactics and techniques to make your home and garden run a little more smoothly, we have some great resources for you! Many of our members have written amazing books that will help you to learn more about gardening, raising animals, homesteading with ..read more

It’s no secret how costly dried herbs are in the baking isle at the supermarkets. Learn how easy it is to dry your own fresh rosemary and save on the family budget. You’ll be amazed at how much better freshly dried rosemary tastes as well. Try these 4 simple ways to dry fresh rosemary and decide which way is best for you ..read more

Oven canning used to be popular around the turn of the 20th century, where it seemed a handy way to keep the house cooler (before air conditioning, better home insulation, etc) than water bath canning. Some found that their fruit and veggies canned held their shape better, even, when canned in the oven. I’d imagine that if you’re reading this post you know someone who oven cans, OR you’ve seen those cutesy recipes where the baker is directed in baking mini pies or mini muffins in mason jars the oven. If you can bake in them, why couldn’t you can in them, is the thought ..read more

Lookup sterilizing canning jars and you’ll get all kinds of ideas from putting them into the oven, the microwave or running them through the dishwasher. But just what is the correct way to sterilize jars and do you have to do it every time? You’ll find all the answers in one place in this article. Learn not only how to properly sterilize them, but also when you can skip this step and move on to the next. Canning safety should always be followed ..read more

If you pulled an almost ripe tomato from the vine only to find that it has an eraser size hole in it? Nothing is more frustrating than picking a tomato off the vine only to find that it is rotting from the inside out and has this pencil eraser size hole. Or even worse, it’s rotting from the inside out – then you have a problem! This is a real issue that can destroy your tomato crops in just a few days. Learn how to control and kill tomato fruitworms naturally before they destroy your crops ..read more