6 Month Update On Our DIY Dew Worm Bait Farm | Raising Canadian Nightcrawlers At Home
A six month update on building and setting up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most...
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Our Life. Our Story
- Feb 6, 2020
- 1 min
Solar Power In Our Greenhouse | An Off Grid Winter Garden Greenhouse in Canada For Year Round Food
This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood and using solar...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 1 min
How We Built Our Northern Chicken Coop & Using The Deep Litter Compost Method
A quick look at how we built our northern chicken coop and using the deep litter composting method in the coop to help generate a little...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
Our Wood Heated Greenhouse | Heating An Off Grid Winter Garden Greenhouse in Canada year round food
This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood. It’s a tough...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
DIY Smoker | Our Woodstove Meat Smoker | How To Make A Homemade Offset Smoker For Hot & Cold Sm
This DIY smoker was a bit of a head scratcher at first. This is our repurposed homemade offset smoker. We built this meat smoker from a...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
FORAGE AND FEAST | Coho Salmon | Yellowfoot & Golden Chanterelle | Puffballs | Lake Superior Fi
A tasty wild meal prepared from fresh lake Superior Coho salmon, Yellowfoot Chanterelles (winter chanterelles), Golden Chanterelles and...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Fall Mushroom Foraging | YELLOWFOOT Chanterelles & Puffballs | Wild Mushrooms of Northern Ontar
Fall mushroom foraging for Yellowfoot Chanterelles, also known as winter mushroom, or Funnel Chanterelle. These fall mushrooms begin to...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Canning Chanterelle Mushrooms | How To Pressure Can Wild Mushrooms | Preserving Wild Mushrooms
Often, the biggest problem with foraging wild mushrooms is having too many. Preserving wild mushrooms is a great way to have tasty wild...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Foraging For Chanterelle Mushrooms In Algoma, Northern Ontario
Chanterelle Mushrooms is the common name of several species of wild edible mushrooms in the genera Cantharellus. I was lucky to get out...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Broadleaf Plantain – Harvesting & Cooking The Flowering Shoots Of Plantago Major
Broadleaf Plantain (plantago major) is one of the most common edible backyard weeds that has been used for centuries for its medicinal...
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Raising Canadian Nightcrawlers At Home | DIY Dew Worm Farm
How to build and set up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most popular fishing baits...
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Foraging For Trout Lily in Northern Ontario
WATCH: FORAGING FOR TROUT LILY – WHERE TO FIND AND HOW TO HARVEST
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
A Day On The Ice | Tilley Lakes | Walleye Ice Fishing in Central Algoma Northern Ontario | First Ice
Come along for a day of adventure, ice fishing in northern Ontario. We headed out to the Tilley Lakes in Algoma, northern Ontario for a...
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
Vacuum Sealer – Essential Homestead Tools
Ever since we got our first vacuum sealer, we’ve been hooked. You could say that it sealed the deal for us. There are many uses for a...
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Fishing For Lake Superior Steelhead – Rainbow Trout of Lake Superior Provincial Park- May, 201
We’re surrounded by lakes and rivers in the Algoma region of northern Ontario. Every season has something to offer in the way of fishing....
- Apr 24, 2019
- 1 min
Our Off Grid Salad Spinner Laundry Machine | Tiny House Appliance
Washing laundry in an off grid situation is tough. You have to think about energy use & water demands. We have a simple off grid...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 3 min
Filtering Maple Syrup With Egg Whites
You can use egg white as a natural clarifying agent to filter maple syrup and remove impurities, including sediment and nitre. The...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
How To Filter And Finish Maple Syrup
Filtering maple syrup after boiling is important. The filtering stage of making maple syrup will remove any ash or other debris that may...
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
Making Granulated Maple Sugar
To make maple sugar, the process is rather simple. You’ll need a sauce pan, a small amount of butter or oil, some maple syrup, a...
- Apr 8, 2019
- 2 min
Should You Toss The Ice In Your Sap?
It’s a long standing debate in the maple sugaring community. Is Frozen Sap Just WATER? Does Frozen Sap Contain SUGAR? Should you leave...
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