I went to my fridge to make a sandwich – only to find we were out of mayonnaise! So I decided to make homemade mayonnaise for the first time. For my Self Reliant Skill of the Week, I’m showing you how I made this easy homemade mayonnaise from scratch. I threw together a recipe based …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 310! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
If you are getting lots of eggs from your chickens, you might be wondering what to do with them all. Your family is probably tired of eating plain eggs all the time, right? Why not try switching it up a bit and try making these easy pickled eggs? Normal hard boiled eggs only last in …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 309! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
It’s almost Mother’s Day. Do you have your gifts for Mom yet? If your mom loves to garden, she might have a lot of basic gardening tools. But I’ve got a few more great gardening gifts that she will love! Gardeners aren’t particularly hard to buy for. Usually just buy them some seeds, plants, or …
Raising turkeys on the homestead is an easy way to provide meat for your family. Smart homesteaders raise a variety of poultry and animals on their farms. If you’ve already started growing your own food, you’ve likely already started raising chickens. If, by any chance, you haven’t raised chickens, be sure to check out my …
This time of year, most of our yards are abloom with pretty yellow flowers. While some may hate to see the “dreaded” dandelion, others embrace them. If your yard is littered with these dainty flowers, why not make something useful from them? It’s so easy to make dandelion jelly from the dandelions in your yard, …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 308! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
Raising farm animals can be intimidating when you’re first starting your homestead, but it doesn’t have to be. If you choose some of these best farm animals to raise, you can start raising animals like a pro! These 5 farm animals are the easiest to raise, and will produce the most value for your family. …
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If you’ve been here for any amount of time, you should know that I’m a bit of a prepper. I like to be prepared for all of life’s what-if’s. One of the things that I think everyone should have in their emergency bag is char cloth. But I’ve never made any! So, for this week’s …
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