Basic Requirements for Living Off the Land Living off the land sounds like a romantic life: waking with the sun, cooking up your own pastured eggs, skipping out to the garden with your hoe, fetching your water from a well behind your house, happily looking after...
Animals for self-sufficiency on a small farm or homestead: cost, care, daily maintenance, pros and cons.
If you've got a few chickens and are looking to get more — hatching eggs and raising your own chicks is a fun way to grow your flock. You get to select the eggs from your best hens and watch the chicks evolve from a tiny dot in the egg to a fully grown chicken,...
Spring is the season of new beginnings, for body and soul as well as for the garden. Here are 5 skincare + energy-boosting products you can easily make at home for natural health and beauty!
Can you save money raising chickens for eggs and/or meat? How cost-effective are chickens, and how can they help us be more self-sufficient?
In the world of gardening, one of the most frequently asked questions “when should I start a garden?” As you probably suspect, the answer to this is “it depends.” Of course, it first depends on what you want to grow - in this article, we'll focus on starting a...
A mobile coop and an electric fence: the perks of free-ranging chickens combined with the safety of a regular chicken run.
The definition and history of homesteading, as well as insights into the modern homestead, smallholding and permaculture homesteading.
People associate Spain with sunny beaches, sangria and tapas. Which is what a holiday at the coast is probably about - but here in Matarranya (Teruel, Aragon), we get actual seasons. And sometimes, we get weird weather phenomena as well. You’ll find the story below...