A few nights ago, we canned our own tomato juice. We found out that it is very efficient and easy! Discover the three reasons why you should can tomato juice every year. 3 Reasons You Should Can Tomato Juice Reason #1: Tomatoes are EASY TO GROW! You can even grow them in containers if you don’t have room […]
Food & Recipes
Choosing a Pig Breed on the Homestead
Trying to decide which pig breed to raise on your homestead? Well, do you prefer dark meat or light meat? This should be one of the first questions that you should consider when you think about raising pigs. There are many different breeds of pigs and researching a specific breed based on meat type is […]
Lessons Learned From My First Sauerkraut Ferment
Taking the great leap into home fermentation, such as making sauerkraut, can be an intimidating proposition. The prospect of throwing a bunch of vegetables into a container for weeks on end can be, well, disconcerting. If you’ve left berries in your refrigerator too long, you know what fermented foods can look and smell like, and […]
Fermented Tomatoes: Italian Delights with Gina Phelps
Learn from homesteading and fermenting guru, Gina Phelps, as she shows you how to make some of her special treat of Italian Delight fermented tomatoes! Transcript from Gina Phelps Italian Delights Fermented Food: I’m Gina Phelps, a nutritional therapy practitioner, and I had the opportunity to demo cultured foods at the Homesteader of America conference […]
How to Make Cashew Kefir | Dairy-Free
Let’s join Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and 2017 Homesteaders of America conference speaker, Gina Phelps, as she shares with us how to make a nutritious, fermented, prebiotic & probiotic-rich, dairy-free Cashew Kefir! How to Make Dairy-Free Cashew Kefir Kefir is a prebiotic drink that is going to feed that wonderful bacteria that is in your colon. […]
Campfire Pizza and Chat | Brad & Daniel
Join Brad from Full Spectrum Survival, and Daniel of Go For Green Living, as they create a very quick and easy campfire pizza, and have a chat about how to start homesteading and prepping. Join their candid chat and feel like you’re sitting right there with them, all while gleaning amazing knowledge and information.
Kombucha 101: Make Fermented Tea in a Few Easy Steps
Kombucha is a delicious & bubbly drink your whole family will love! It is a healthy, naturally fermented beverage made from brewed tea. Learn the basics and you’ll be making kombucha at home in just a few easy steps! Kombucha 101 What Is Kombucha? Put simply, kombucha is a fermented tea that is carbonated, slightly […]
Sourdough Bread: From Starter To Loaf
Learn the basics of making sourdough bread at home from the sourdough starter to a delicious sourdough sandwich bread. Because there’s not much better than starting the day with a slice of sourdough bread with a generous dollop of homemade sugar-free jam! A little leaven leavens the whole lump. Ever wonder how bread was made […]
Double Stack a Pressure Canner (Video)
Melanie from Road to the Farm shows us how to double stack a pressure canner for the most efficiency. How to Double Stack a Pressure Canner Video Transcript: I am getting ready to go out of town for a couple days. I’m leaving a couple kids with daddy and taking a kid or two with […]