YouTube: Homemade Cayenne Pepper Powder
Brush up on your homesteading skills with this new video on how to make your own homemade cayenne pepper powder.
New Chickens – Meet Sally-Ann and Eloise
We got two new chickens in the midst of a chaotic week after the 4th of July.
Podcast: Small-Holdings with Liz Zorab
This week our guest is Liz Zorab, author of Grounded: A Gardenerd's Journey to Abundance & Self Sufficiency. She and her husband bought a barren stretch of land in the middle of agricultural territory and turned it into a Permaculture paradise called Byther Farm.
Eunice and Rhoda investigate their new home.
New Chickens
Life and death are a big part of gardening. We lost our 7-year-old Easter Egger, Ethel, a few weeks ago. To deal with the sadness, I took a page from a friend's book who, when she lost her best furry friend, went straight out and got 2 more cats.
Oshik Efrati visits Gardenerd HQ.
YouTube: Home BioGas Update
Subscribers have been asking for a Home BioGas update video for awhile. They wanted to know how it's working, if there have been problems, and whether it's been damaged by rodents. This new video answers all of those questions and more.
Podcast: Off-Grid Living with Doug and Stacy
I've dreamed of moving off-grid for years. Tiny house, a few acres of open space, composting toilet, and most of all: peace and quiet. The whole deal thrills me, but not without reservation. Meet Doug and Stacy, two folks living what I call the real American Dream. Doug and Stacy host their YouTube Channel, Off-Grid with Doug and Stacy, where they share their daily adventures living on 11 acres in the mid-west without electricity or running water. Their lifestyle is inspiring to…
Our first batch of Home BioGas popped popcorn. Oh, and we grew some of this popcorn.
YouTube: BioGas is in the House!
Nerd Alert: We've been working on this one for awhile, and we're so excited to share the latest self-reliance, nerdy happening at Gardenerd HQ. What is it? It's BioGas! What is BioGas, you ask? It's fuel generated from waste, specifically animal manures and food scraps. It builds up in an anaerobic digester that creates methane gas you can cook on for up to 3 hours per day. Check out our latest YouTube video that explains it all: Cooking with BioGas…
Captured in the perfect Charlie's Angels pose: meet (left to right) Mildred, Olive, and Betty.
Spring Chickens!
We have a new addition to the Gardenerd family: three spring chickens! Our three existing ladies are nearing retirement age, though they are still productive, and we wanted a boost in our supply. We've never raised chickens from chicks before, we've always purchased 10-14 week-old pullets, so this is new for us. We jumped in head first, with the guidance of the folks at Malibu Feed Bin. We didn't have any equipment for raising chicks, but knew they needed a…