Many hands make light work. You’ll get these DIY homestead projects done more quickly plus have some fun if you tackle them with a few of your friends.
Homestead Living: 12 DIY Projects to do With a Few Friends
Butchering Chickens: Tips from the Trenches
Processing chickens — otherwise known as butchering chickens — at home means putting healthier birds on the dinner table. Here are tips to make it easier.
How a Simple $2 Latch Saved My Sanity
Inside this coop? Six hens who would really prefer to be on the other side of the door. The outside of the door.
Building and Living in a Tiny House
Living in a tiny house has its joys and challenges, just like any living situation. Our family feels great joy being able to live in such a beautiful space that we created with our own hands. From building a tiny house with their own hands to living in a tiny house with a family of four, Teri covers the details.
Four Inspirational Small Homes Created by Their Owners
Downsizing your home? Here are three homes to inspire your switch to small home living. Minuscule, tiny, and small.
Alternative Homes to Build for Affordable Housing
Affordable housing can be hard to come by. Upcycling materials to create analternative homes is one way to cut costs and save cash.
Homestead and Garden Book Recommendations for Inspiration (and Gifts!)
Expand your bookshelf to include a few books from this homestead and garden book collection. They’ll inspire you to grow more, make more, enjoy more.
Raising Tilapia – Easier Than You’d Think
Search the Internet and you’ll find all kinds of sites about raising tilapia: Instructions for building elaborate aquaponics systems, forums full of (sometimes contradictory) advice, specifications for proper pumping systems based on number of fish, feet of lift, and gallons per minute. So many calculations! It seemed like raising tilapia was maybe a bigger project [...]
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