SKIP 2024 at Wheaton Labs
My brother and I just back from a two week SKIP event. SKIP is a crowdsourced homesteading skill accreditation system. […]
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Homesteading in the Suburbs
Category: Homesteading
Raising Quail in the Garden
Before building the cabin I raised Coturnix quail. I experimented with a variety of enclosures with the goal of giving […]
Read more →Homestead Project Mini-Workshop Series
We’re starting a series of workshops in November to take on small homestead projects. We’ll start off with making Adirondack […]
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Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat Wave
My Google news feed is determined to feed me a constant supply of stories regarding Texas’ unprecedented drought and heat […]
Read more →July 2019 Recap: Appropriate Technology Course in Montana
I spent the first half of July in Montana attending an Appropriate Technology Course(ATC). Check out the video slideshow here:
Read more →Black Soldier Fly Larva Harvester
Black soldier fly larva are voracious decomposers. Here’s a video of a some larva completely devouring a hamburger over the course […]
Read more →Inaguration Day
Heating wax and comfrey’lavender infused oil In the spirit of contrarianism I thought I should try to get something useful […]
Read more →Peppers: Let the fermenting begin!
A freeze finally took out the pepper plants on our balcony. Even so, I had already harvested more than we […]
Read more →Peppers at last
I planted a Tabasco, cayenne and poblano pepper plant on our balcony back in June. They quickly got big and […]
Read more →Apartment Homesteading: Growing Sprouts in a Milk/Juice Carton
Materials: Empty Carton, Funnel, Scissors, dry beans No shed updates this week. Jean’s parents will be visiting us soon. They’ll […]
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