Homesteading

Bright purple beets cut and ready to be made into fabric dye.

How to Make Fabric Dye with Plants- 3 Easy Steps

Searching for a natural way to color and maintain fabrics? What follow is a step-by-step guide to DIY dye fabric with plants. Note that this …

Tips for increasing egg production and decreasing egg breakage by discouraging nest-sharing

How I Get my Hens to Stop Sharing Nests

If you have more than a handful of chickens, and maybe even if you only have a few, you likely know that one …

Is it profitable to raise a few meat birds at a time? One backyard's cost-by-cost breakdown

Is Raising Chickens for Meat Profitable? My Cost Breakdown

A few years ago I raised a flock of meat birds. I accompanied these birds from brooder to butcher and along the way, I shared …