Preserving summer fruits is enjoyable: dehydrate for shelf stability, ferment in brine for probiotics, or make chewy fruit leathers for snacks.
Setting up an Airbnb requires checking local zoning laws, obtaining permits, ensuring insurance coverage, and maintaining good community relations for success.
Explore popular Airbnb accommodation types for homesteaders, from charming tiny homes and rustic cabins to luxury villas and unique treehouses.
Imagine offering guests a tranquil escape, a chance to experience the beauty and simplicity of homestead living. Setting up an Airbnb on your property can be a rewarding way to share your passion for sustainable living, meet interesting people, and generate additional income. The key is to create an authentic and welcoming experience that highlights the unique charm of your homestead. Think comfortable accommodations, thoughtful touches, and opportunities for guests to connect with nature and perhaps learn a little about your lifestyle. Creating the Ideal Guest Space Consider the type of accommodation that best suits your property and your desired…
Conserve water during droughts by fixing leaks, using water-saving appliances, collecting rainwater, choosing native plants, and minimizing outdoor watering.
Prepare your garden for drought in Australia by selecting native plants, improving soil health, using mulch, and employing efficient watering techniques.
A worm tunnel planted in the garden can help dramatically improve your garden soil. It is a bucket with holes in the sides for worm entry that is planted in the garden for worms to crawl in and out of and feed on the organic matter inside the bucket.
There is nothing I love more than a box full of seasonal fruit or vegetables at the height of summer. Abundance, beauty, nutrition all rolled into one! Our local store recently had 12kg boxes of tomatoes and I couldn’t resist. Why would I? Not only do I love the promise of being able to preserve the flavours of the season, I love the challenge of considering how far I can make the produce stretch, thinking about the various ways I can preserve the produce and creating something that can store easily in my pantry and be utilised well past the…
Whether you grow your own or find a great deal at your local farmers’ market, a box full of apricots is the smell of summer! Often ripe in the first month of the warm summer season, apricots herald preserving, jam making, drying and often over-indulging in this delightful summer seasonal beauty. The season for apricots in my part of the world is relatively short so when it comes it comes, it comes in a flurry – with a glut of fruit that needs using up or preserving in some way for winter enjoyment. The smell of apricots soon fills my…
When we decided we needed to protect our food growing space from local species such as Native Bush Rats and the introduced rabbits which are a major pest in Australia, I set the challenge to do as much of it as possible from recycled and upcycled items. The first thing we needed was a secure fence to keep out the critters that wanted to get to our food first. We live and garden right next to a patch of remnant native vegetation which is wonderful for the local species, but not so wonderful for our food gardening efforts. We sourced…