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A six month update on building and setting up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most...

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...

How to build and set up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most popular fishing baits...

Washing laundry in an off grid situation is tough. You have to think about energy use & water demands. We have a simple off grid...

We were in need of something more than just a turkey fryer to get our sap turned into syrup. The turkey fryer does indeed work well for...

When space is limited dual purpose items are very important. The entryway of our house is always full of snow and dirt so we really...

We have a lot of knitted wash cloths around the house, but sometimes you need a bit more friction. That is where these scrubbies come in...

While we may be living the homesteader life, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a few luxuries. One luxury that we decided was worth it was...

When you are bringing dozens of logs a day into the house for the wood stove, it is nice to be able to carry as many logs as you can at...

After you harvest all your produce in the fall you need a way to keep it until your next harvest. We do a lot of canning in Mason jars,...

We heat primarily with wood.  Our wood stove does a great job of heating the 1600 sq feet of living space we have.  On those cold...