How To Make A Face Mask With What You Have Available
So you can’t get a face mask these days right? What are you going to do? Well make one of course! After all aren’t American’s known for the “Can Do” motto? Let’s look at how to make a face mask with what you have available. If you...
Coronavirus – Homestead Hacks For Surviving a Pandemic
Yes, the Coronavirus is bad. There are some homestead hacks for surviving a pandemic that we will look at from a practical point of view. No reason to panic but there is a big difference between preparing as best you can with the information you have and deciding to...
Goat Milk Soap Recipe Easy and Forgiving
Easy Goat Milk Soap Recipe Super simple goat milk soap recipe. Make this easy goat milk soap recipe using ingredients that are easy to find. Sodium hydroxide (lye) can be found over at Amazon by clicking on this purchase lye link. You can also use canned goat’s...
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...
Whey Good Bread Recipe
Yesterday I was blogging over on Thyroid Treatment For Women, about finding a good protein powder for hypothyroidism and got to thinking about my whey good bread recipe, so I thought I’d share it with you all. Having goats, means lots of milk, lots of milk...
How to Grow Microgreens Indoors Without Soil – Winter Nutrition
Grow microgreens indoors without soil, or with very little soil, to boost your families winter nutrition. During the dead of winter, when the thoughts wonder towards next years garden, growing an indoor micro garden could chase some of those blues away. You...
Why Raw Goat Milk – Should You Be Drinking Goat Milk?
Raw goat milk is all the rage in the more natural “hippie” groups that share our planet, and you may be wondering why. “Well, let me tell you”, says Hart Nana, smiling… Why Drink Raw Goat Milk Raw goat milk called the “universal...
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...
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...
Welcome! Hartnana (and her husband Dave the truck driver) share the self sufficient living skills that we have gleaned from living on a homesteading.
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