POSER HOMESTEAD
Fall In Love With Your Pantry
It's not hoarding, it's planning. I try to avoid grocery shopping as much as I can. Not that I don't love standing in the giant line at the Super Walmart, but the more I shop, the more I collect things when I already have plenty of things to eat. I can't go for "just...
Everyone’s Getting Chickens… Should I?
"I need help from a chicken guru," It was a friend planning for chickens. I've keep 63% of my of chickens alive over the past six years. I don't know if that's "guru" status in the homesteading world, but if I calculate that as a baseball percentage, I'm batting at...
Blueberry Corn Muffins
This is my original recipe. I started with a master recipe in a cookbook, but changed it over the years. The corn flour and yogurt make this a much better muffin than using 100% flour. [recipe title="Blueberry Corn Muffins" servings="8-12" time="10 mins prep, 25...
A Lifetime Supply of Free Yogurt
You can make your own yogurt for pennies--and you should. Yogurt making isn't that hard at all. You don't even need a yogurt maker if you choose the right kind of yogurt. I hate paying two bucks for over-sweetened yogurt that tastes like guar gum. I also hate getting...
Swiss Chard and Mushrooms
I'm buried in Swiss Chard. It's time to eat some greens! I love this, which is good because I'm going to be eating it for the rest of the summer. INGREDIENTS Swiss chard...
Building a Greenhouse from Salvage (maybe!)
said, "I'd like a greenhouse." I also picked up some windows I could use to build one. "When are you building the greenhouse?" I didn't really mean to build one, I just noted it would be nice to have one. I've had three before--they were all kits...
Zero or Hero: Going Low-Waste without (Too Much) Pain
here is a woman who fit two years of her trash in a jar. Two years of stuff in one jar. That was all her trash. There's another woman I found who goes around Manhattan to CVS stores looking through the garbage. She gifts or keeps the excellent...
“Can I freeze these foods?” Here’s how.
Freeze food now. Avoid shopping and cooking later. "Can I freeze...." It's the trending Google search in the UK right now. At first I thought Londoners were having a cold snap hunting down ski coats. Not so. They're freezing food. With people on lockdown and supply...
Small Homestead? Get Grafted Fruit Trees
TL;DR: Get some fruit trees. Grafted fruit trees can really save the day. Don't kill them. Don't let the birds and deer eat your fruit. "How can I stop buying fruit every year and be more self-reliant? I don't have much land..." If you've got a smallish Poser...