Making Flour Tortillas from Scratch With the rising cost of food across every department and in every store across the country, more people are looking for ways to cut the food bill. One of the highest mark ups is on things that are so incredibly easy to make, you will be shocked at how much …
Making A Knife From A Car’s Leaf Spring Making a knife is a satisfying project on a number of levels. You’re creating a fundamental tool — one of the first tools ever made — and every time you pick it up, you’ll think, “Wow, I made this with my own hands.” And because you’re making …
DIY Homesteading – Making Your Own Country Wines Fancy a drop of your own label? This fabulous collection of recipes will tempt you away from the standard grape and hop to experiment with all kinds of herbs, flowers, berries and even weeds to create your very own house wines. Here are some fresh ideas for …
Avoid Making These Common Food Storage Mistakes It seems everywhere you look lately, people are talking about food storage. Common food storage for most Americans is about a week’s worth of food. For the self-reliant types though, common food storage means something else entirely. A week’s worth of food is what they tend to have …
Making Sauerkraut in a Mason Jar Making sauerkraut is an age old method of preserving food by fermentation. While the thought of something other than beer fermenting may seem unappetizing to some people, the truth of the matter is there are many foods that are fermented we consume without ever really thinking about it. Pickles …
Soap Making 101 – How To Make Cold Process Soap Want to know how to use the cold process soap making method to create soap completely from scratch? Are you ready to start practicing in the “real deal” in lye soap making? Before we get started, I would like to explain the two main aspects …