Goats Milk Cheese Recipes – How to Make Feta The Easy Way
If you have goats you need to have lots of ideas for things to make with goats milk. Because in the spring, if you decide to milk your goats you have lots of extra around. While I do freeze much of my goats milk, I have come across a couple super simple recipes for...
Homemade Goat Milk Soap Recipe For Beginners
There is a secret to making beautiful homemade goats milk soap for beginners that most soap makers won’t tell you. Having been a soap maker for quite a few years now, I have discovered this secret almost by accident and now make wonderfully luxurious cream...
Living The Homestead Life Becoming Self Sufficient Is a Process
Reflecting back I’ve come to realize that living the homestead life is a process of becoming self sufficient. When I first started this journey, I had no idea goats had no upper teeth. Or how to make bread from scratch.I had not clue whether you needed a rooster...
Make Goats Milk Soap For Gifts
What says I’m thinking of you more than a homemade gift? HartNana’s Goat’s Milk Soap Recipe is so easy and so forgiving that even a novice can have terrific results – of course HartNana will be there with you to help you out if you have...
Preservatives In Lotion – Why You Must Use Them
Preservatives in lotion has gotten a bad name in some circles. Not being “all natural” appears to be the problem. Bacteria and germs are all natural too but you don’t want to be putting them on your skin and causing infections do you? When making...
Fast Sourdough Starter Recipe For Yummy Crusty Bread
Once you get this fast sourdough starter recipe making bread, pancakes and biscuits will be a daily thing! Making Your Fast Sourdough Starter Recipe Making a sourdough starter can be as easy as adding equal parts of flour and water to a mason jar. Cover the mason jar...
Fodder Feeding System For Backyard Chickens
Recently the fodder feeding system for backyard chickens has come under my radar. Since this system is pro ported to save money while still producing quality eggs I thought I MUST try this! A few months ago I started sprouting grains for my family’s consumption...
Best DIY Mothers Day Gift Ideas-Cheap & Easy To Make
The best DIY Mothers Day gift ideas are those designed to match your mom. Tailoring your mothers day gift to the things in life she enjoys will bring a smile to her face and joy to her heart. While in my experience most moms love spa gift baskets, maybe your mom is...
Cattle Raising Beginners Guide To Keeping Cows For Beef
This cattle raising beginners guide to keeping cows for beef will cover how to find a calf and raise it to butchering size. We will look at what types of cattle make the best choice to raise. And we will look at what it takes to raise cattle on a small farm or...
Homemade Goats Milk Soap Recipes Without Lye – Great For Beginners
When it comes to homemade goats milk soap recipes without lye melt and pour bases are our friends. Because the base soap has already been created, taking the nasty ole lye part out of the equation, we can focus on making soap fun. All of these homemade goats milk soap...
Easy Homemade Lip Balm Recipes Make Your Own Natural Lip Balm
Okау, ѕо уоu’rе tired of spending $1.50 on a tіnу tube оf lір balm. Or mауbе уоu buу the Chарѕtісk brаnd оnlу tо bе staring аt 20 different vеrѕіоnѕ оf their trаdіtіоnаl tubе. Perhaps уоu wаnt a bееѕwаx bаѕе, but wіth a dіffеrеnt flаvоr. Whаtеvеr thе ѕсеnаrіо,...
Making Soap From Soap Scraps – Don’t Let Those Shards Go To Waste
Making soap from soap scraps is an easy way to recycle your soap remnants. We are going to talk about three ways to go about making soap from soap scraps. Milling Your Soap Scraps Is One Approach. Milling soap scraps involves using a cheese grater or food processor to...
Homemade Shaving Soap Recipe – Round Up For Wet Or Dry Shave
The first homemade shaving soap recipe features the traditional soap in a container with a brush applicator. This recipes comes from the soap queen She explains how to make this homemade shaving soap recipe in this video. You might want to try our easy and forgiving...
5 All Natural Homemade Soap Recipes For Holiday Gifts
Before we get into the all natural homemade soap recipes for holiday gift giving, let’s review a few basics about making all natural homemade soap recipes. Safety first! Always be sure to wear eye protection and gloves. Keep a jug of vinegar on the counter...
How To Preserve Eggplant – 3 Methods That Might Surprise You
How to preserve eggplant now as summer ends and fall hints at making her appearance. All these beautiful pieces of eggplant goodness, but really how many times can one eat eggplant Parmesan in a month? Let me clue you in on three ways to preserve eggplant that result...
Welcome! Hartnana (and her husband Dave the truck driver) share the self sufficient living skills that we have gleaned from living on a homesteading.
