Growing your own olives is a lot less difficult than most folks may think – and doing so will provide you with a sustainable stockpile of this highly versatile oil. We’ll go through how to grow an olive tree and how to make olive oil. Indoor Olive Tree & Growing Zones Olives are traditionally grown …
Bootstrap Farmer is well-known across the US for its propagation supplies, seed trays, and hoop house/greenhouse kits. The greenhouse kits can be put up in one weekend and are well-priced, allowing you to build a professional-grade vegetable house or greenhouse yourself. Up to now, you would bend your own poles with a pole bender, using …
Bootstrap Farmer’s New DIY Pre-Bent Steel Hoop House Kit (All Metal Greenhouse) Read More »
Our tiny local shop has been doing a fine job of keeping our community well-stocked during isolation. I’m not just grateful for them, but for fellow community members too. Whilst in the shop yesterday, a local man had dropped off a heap of pumpkins, for the shop to give away for free. No better opportunity …
How to Save Pumpkin Seeds for Planting Next Year, From Fruit to Vine Read More »
Although they used to grow grapes without a trellis in the old days (and probably still do in many vineyards and gardens), I really prefer my grapes on a grape vine trellis (also know as a grape arbor), especially when they’re getting started. Grape vines can ramble a bit, so without a trellis to train …
15 Sturdy Grape Vine Trellis Design Ideas for Your Backyard Arbor Read More »
Our tutorial on how to make wine barrel furniture – a beautiful oak wooden DIY wine barrel tray from the top of an oak wine barrel. A step-by-step guide to a DIY wine barrel tray! How To Make Wine Barrel Furniture This tutorial is written by Claudio, who was born in Brazil and has been …
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Tripods and a kettle on an open campfire might sound like a great way of outdoor cooking, but a stone stove or outdoor survival oven is a much better way to go. Gusts of wind that might blow smoke and sparks all over the place won’t bother you anymore, and heat stays where it is …
How To Build Stone Stoves and Outdoor Survival Ovens Read More »
One of the many hobbies I enjoy in the outdoors is smoking meats. I happen to have a culinary background, but also love hunting, fishing, and trapping. Over the years, I have owned several different types of smokers. I probably smoke over 50 pounds of meat over the course of any given year. I find …
It was like all my Christmases came at once, when, a couple of months ago, my husband’s grandmother offered to pay for $400 worth of fruit trees. I spent a whole day browsing an online fruit tree nursery’s website, researching the varieties on offer, and researching whether they would grow here. Oh, the joy! Chill …
How To Grow a Wild Food Forest, Self-Sufficiency Garden Read More »
Your primitive smoker tutorial! Living and traveling in an RV has its ups and downs. I love that I can follow fish and game to where they are and explore different species, spaces, and seasons. But, I don’t have freezer space or gadget space. Also, I’ve always been more interested in primitive skills and bushcraft …
Primitive Smoker DIY – Build Your Own Smoker for Nearly Free! Read More »
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