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Building a simple solar dehydrator for homestead food turned out to be one of those projects that sounds easier than it actually is. Ben found plans online for a basic box design with screen trays and a slanted glass top, and we figured we could knock it out in a weekend. Three months later, I…

Ben found me googling “elderberry extract dosage for chickens” at midnight, and instead of asking why I was treating poultry with folk medicine, he just handed me coffee and said we should probably stick to simple natural remedies and herbal medicine for common homestead ailments that actually work on humans first. Three years into this…

I spent two weeks researching easy DIY herb drying methods for the beginner homesteader before our first summer here, and somehow still managed to turn perfectly good basil into what looked like green confetti. Three years in, I’ve figured out what works and what definitely doesn’t, though I’m still not entirely sure why some of…

The chicken coop door hinges squeaked at 5:47 this morning when I went to let the girls out. That sound always reminds me of the three massive mistakes I made when we first started raising chickens for eggs and meat on our tiny homestead. Mistakes that nearly ended our whole chicken operation before it really…