Modern Homesteading Ideas

The Secret to Making Amazing Soap in a Slow Cooker Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. A few years ago I started making homemade soap for me and my family and a few friends for gifts, Soap seemed so complicated. Once I started making...

Papo Secos Portuguese Bread Rolls Recipe Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. Papo Secos are the quintessential Portuguese bread rolls. Papo Secos are hard and crusty on the outside, and soft on the inside, as are most breads that were originally baked...

50 Trendy Reclaimed Wood Furniture And Decor Ideas For Living Green Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. I am head over heels in love with all the reclaimed wood decor that is incorporated into the designs of these homes which inspired me to...

Simple DIY Sliding Door Design Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. I know exactly where we could use this. The only issue is that you then lose that wall space where the door rests when open. We have a large master bathroom that...

6 Ways To Build A Rocket Stove Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. A rocket stove is an efficient cooking stove using small diameter wood fuel which is burned in a simple high-temperature combustion chamber containing a vertical chimney and a secondary air supply which ensures almost complete combustion prior...

How To Build A Rocket Stove From A Five Gallon Metal Bucket Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. A rocket stove is an efficient cooking stove using small diameter wood fuel which is burned in a simple high-temperature combustion chamber containing an vertical...

Canned Heat - How to Make an Emergency Heater Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. You have probably heard about it yourself, Some city or other has a power outage in the dead of winter and as a result of it, a few...

How To Pump water with no electricity, no gasoline, just gravity Make sure to like Practical Homesteading Ideas on Facebook, Shop at Amazon to help support my site and explore our PINTEREST BOARDS  for innovative ways you can become self-sufficient. This is a great project and personally i think this  would make a great addition to anyone’s homestead (well if you live near a stream or...