Have you wondered what it would be like to cook off-grid? Are you prepared for loss of electricity? Do you need to know how to purify water, sterilize medical tools, bake bread, and even dehydrate using only the sun? Well, I’ve decided to challenge myself for 30 days accomplishing those things and more using propane, […]
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Podcast Episode 117 – 5 Ways to Make Money on the Homestead
Today’s podcast covers the important subject of creating multiple streams of income. We are not focusing on making these things your primary or only source of income, rather we are trying to get you thinking about ways you can add an income to an activity you already do on your homestead/farm to diversify your income […]
Podcast 112 – 4 Reasons to Grow Hops
In today’s podcast we cover 4 reasons to grow hops. Click here to listen online Here’s a great book if you want to get into growing hops. The Hop Grower’s Handbook: The Essential Guide for Sustainable, Small-Scale Production for Home and Market 1. They provide excellent shade at the hottest time of the year. Once […]
Planning Earthworks
When you have a homestead, the work is never really done. We run our homestead using permaculture principles which requires earth works. Different times of year and different weather allow us to see how everything is functioning. This year we finally had the opportunity to evaluate the work we did last year, particularly regarding water. […]
Homemade Bone Broth
Improve You Health Drinking Bone Broth There is much controversy over the health benefits of bone broth, you can find articles all over the web that fall into one of two camps: bone broth is another unscientifically supported health fad or bone broth is a health booster. I fall into the second camp. When it comes […]
Medicinal Guild
Last weekend I spent an afternoon studying different bushes, trees, and herbaceous plants in order to design the newest guild on our Permafarm. This one will be positioned in the front of our home creating a peaceful and beautiful landscape to enjoy while sipping freshly brewed mint tea on our porch (and keeping the goats […]
Preparing to Homestead? Here’s a list of books we recommend
Recommended Reading & Resources This list is not exhaustive; it is a short list of books that we have found helpful as we expanded our knowledge of homesteading. Feel free to explore different books than what we have listed here and let us know subjects you’re interested in. We have many books and most of […]
Intentional Property Design for Self-Sufficiency
Let us help with property design so you can realize your dreams We have had the privilege of working very closely with both new and established homesteaders to help them with property design for self-sufficiency, abundance and resiliency. We specialize in utilizing permaculture principles to create a unified and cohesive system that works synergistically to […]
Speaking
Permaculture Farming Educational Tours North Idaho & Washington We enjoy speaking and teaching to other like-minded groups. Do you have a group that you think is interested in learning more about permaculture, planting food forests & guilds, growing and using herbs, creating an edible landscape, water strategies, raising and processing poultry/small ruminants or any other […]
Podcast Episode 103 – Goal Setting For The Homestead
On today’s podcast, Monica and I discuss goal setting for the homestead. Goal setting for the homestead is so crucial it can’t be overstated. There is always a gap between a dream and reality. Goals are the glue that makes those two much closer together. This podcast is about the nuts and bolts of goal […]