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We have had a beautiful week of warm sunny weather. So nice in fact, that the garden started to think it must be spring. Despite repeated warnings from me, it didn’t listen, and now it is paying the price. So let this be a warning to you all, it’s not spring yet, at least not…
What to do when you have too many scobys? Clean with them of course! So I took some of my kombucha vinegar, orange slices my kids left on the floor, and a month, and brewed up this weird concoction. Will it clean my oven? You’ll have to watch to find out.
I have spent way too much time overthinking this thank you for reaching 1000 subscribers. I doubt anyone is going to appreciate my attempt at art house imagery showing that trying to get people to watch your videos on YouTube is as futile as trying to dig for spring in the snow. But sometimes, when…
Time to trim the hooves on the big triplet babies! SEE MORE BELOW! Be sure to check out… ~ Patara’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user ~ The Great Appalachian Homesteading Conference Info: ~ *TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-appalachian-homesteading-conference-tickets-39735848994 ~ Conference Facebook HERE:goo.gl/bGJuqS _____________________________________________ Books I Love! ~ Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens: http://amzn.to/2Ccqk6a ~ The Chicken Health Handbook: http://amzn.to/2DAfwe1 ~…
This is a bit all over the place, but I talk about the experiment that we are going to be doing this year in finding out which zucchini grows the best for us – by growing them all! Experimenting with different varieties and different plants is a good way to learn what grows well in…
In this video, I take you on a walk around our self-sufficient property/homestead and show you elements of our food garden and poultry enclosure. Thanks for your ongoing support of my channel 🙂 Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for plants: https://bit.ly/2yRFNGQ Shop for plants…
For my 4th soap, I am learning to do a decorative swirl on the top of the soap. Of course I cheat, so I colour the main soap with cocoa powder, rather than just the swirl, and I use my own self-created recipe, rather than follow the one in the book. But I’m feeling more…
WARNING! This is a bad joke, lol. I’m celebrating by dropping the kids off to watch the show with the grandparents and trying to get some stuff done around the house! If only it would stop snowing so much, eh?
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality The results (and lessons learned) from our first attempt at companion planting carrots, radishes, and onions using a first-year Ruth Stout Garden. The Ruth Stout Method of Permaculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfi-n0Oq38E Companion Planting Carrots, Radishes and Onions in a Ruth Stout (HAY-ONLY) Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMkn5b0jHhE Garden Update: Companion Planting Carrots, Radishes and Onions…
We are still trying to find ways to expand the available growing space in our backyard.
So, the internet can be a mean place. And I’ve found out that Pure Living For Life has been served a big ol’ steaming pile of it, over a comment about “playing homestead”. I took the comment to be about the image of homesteading being something fun and pretty, when the reality of it is…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Urban Homestead have a very special guest and dear friend on the show: Lil’ Mo and the Dynaflos! Learn more about Mo and Mike from Lil’ Mo’s Unholy Four and Lil’ Mo and the Dynaflos! Both bands are international rock-a-billy phenomenon with huge fan…
We are starting our seedlings for the early spring garden!
For my 3rd soap, I was supposed to make a simple recipe and learn the skill of embossing. But instead I got excited and made some soap embeds, added activated charcoal and essential oils, and made pink moon and stars soap, that I stamped extra stars into. So much for taking this learning thing slowly.…
We’ve had a couple of question from people about the size of our coop, how it was built, and other chicken questions. We are addressing some of these questions in this video.
The backyard orchard is overgrown! It was time to prune the espaliers six months ago, but better now then never. I’m no pruning expert, but I got out there and pruned the apple tree and pear tree on this warmer winters day. And that is one less job for the spring.
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We are so excited to get our BEES! Come along on our trip to Georgia for all our supplies! SEE MORE BELOW! Be sure to check out… ~ Patara’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user ~ The Great Appalachian Homesteading Conference Info: ~ *TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-appalachian-homesteading-conference-tickets-39735848994 ~ Conference Facebook HERE:goo.gl/bGJuqS _____________________________________________ Books I Love! ~ Storey’s Guide to Raising…
So when I try to grow moldy kombucha I fail, and then when I don’t try, I get mold. This fermenting thing is hard. But I have moldy kombucha now, so I can show you all the disgusting details. And I also speculate why this happened, and a way that I can prevent this from…
Last spring, we planted seed potatoes using the Ruth Stout Method. Here are our results (from planting to harvesting) without any digging, fertilizing, watering, or weeding! The Ruth Stout Method of Permaculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfi-n0Oq38E Planting Potatoes in a Ruth Stout Permaculture Garden (QUICK and EASY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dexx9kKVWeo Did You Know That Potato Plants Have Fruit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k00q6bhIwfg
To finish off my mountain of quince fruit, I made a jam. But not just any jam. This is super decadent, extra special whiskey and black pepper quince jam! With some heat from the pepper and some burn from the whiskey, this goes perfectly with cheese and crackers. And I will definitely be making this…
The weather was nice and sunny, and that doesn’t happen very often here in Kelowna, BC, Canada over the winter, so we all headed outside for a play. There isn’t much going on in the winter garden, but come and check it out with us, as the kids play and look forward to the warm…
We had a little snow storm and a long period of freezing weather. Our garden is pretty much gone. We cleaned up all the dead vegetation and started prepping the garden for spring!
As I learn to make homemade cold process soap, my second lesson is to add color and scent to the soap batter. And it was a lot more simple than I guessed. DIY soap is so much fun. The recipes and directions to learn soap making are all in this book which I highly reccomend:…
I have been slacking on my kombucha brewing over the winter, but it is time to start it again. Come chat kombucha while I set up my continous brew vessel, and try to figure out what to do with 4 liters of vinegar.
A quick run through on a summer evening of chores and then off to date night!
Here’s another “how to basic fruit & vegetable gardening tips in 2 minutes” on no-dig raised beds. In this video, I demonstrate and explain how to refurbish a no-dig raised garden bed to grow thriving vegetable plants time after time! Enjoy 🙂 Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU…
So, I got high on St John’s Wort. And no, that’s not a thing, lol. Having had this crazy experience with St John’s Wort has lead to me taking seriously a lot of claims about the power of herbs, even though I wouldn’t normally be inclined to believe. And more importantly, it has me very…
Well, I rotted most of my spaghetti squash crop. Opps! That was a lot of garden space to devote to such a big fail. But, I’ve learned that I need to rethink how to store my squash for future years, and some tips for how I could have done it better. Come and learn from…
Welcome to the premier Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family recount the joys and struggles of being raised by their visionary Father, Jules Dervaes and the decades of hard lessons and experience that have empowered them to become the leading experts in the Homegrown Revolution. Laughter and sorrow combine to bring…
