Tag: frugal homesteading

How to Make a Small Kitchen Work

How to Make a Small Kitchen Work

Our kitchen is small. Its not New York City apartment small, or tiny house small, but for a family that raises most of its own food and needs space to process and cook all the time, it is kinda small. The photo above shows what 

How to Build a Grow Light Stand

How to Build a Grow Light Stand

When it comes to seed starting, it is hard to find a better set up than a vertical, tiered seed starting shelf with grow lights on each level (commonly called a “grow light stand”).  This set-up allows you to grow multiple levels of seedlings in 

How to Ferment Chicken Feed

How to Ferment Chicken Feed

Fermenting chicken feed wasn’t something I originally intended on doing.  It was only after I had 32 chickens eating the same feed–which turned into us going through a 40-lb bag of feed in 4-5 days–that I considered it.  I had seen some members of my