The House & Homestead
  • Home
  • About
    • Start Here
    • About
    • Legal Stuff
      • Disclosure & Terms of Use
      • Privacy Policy
  • Blog
  • Magazine
  • Resource Library
  • Courses
  • Contact
Select Page
How to Season Cast Iron Cookware

How to Season Cast Iron Cookware

From-Scratch Recipes, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

Cast iron cookware is seeing a comeback. While it’s one of the oldest types of cookware still in use today, cast iron fell out of fashion in the mid 20th century when other types of cookware such as aluminum, stainless steel and Teflon-coated non-stick pans gained...
How to Render Lard (Using a Slow Cooker or Stockpot)

How to Render Lard (Using a Slow Cooker or Stockpot)

From-Scratch Recipes, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

When it comes to homesteading skills, learning how to render your own lard is high on the list of things that will have you feeling like you’re channeling Ma Ingalls in your kitchen. Of course, us modern homesteaders know there’s absolutely no shame in using modern...
7 Benefits of Cooking With Cast Iron

7 Benefits of Cooking With Cast Iron

From-Scratch Recipes, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   There’s just something about cooking food in cast iron that feels so wholesome and old-timey; Like grandma (or maybe even great grandma) used to cook. A...
Introducing the Candlelit Morning Challenge

Introducing the Candlelit Morning Challenge

Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   As I write this, I’m staring out my office window at a gloomy, dark, rainy sky. Summer is officially dead and fall is alive and well. In just a few more weeks it...
The Principles of Permaculture (And How to Make Them Work For You!)

The Principles of Permaculture (And How to Make Them Work For You!)

Organic Gardening, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains an affiliate link. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   Knowing how to apply the principles of permaculture to your property can make your homestead more productive with less effort on your part. But first you have...
3 Easy Ways to Help Save the Bees (And Why it Matters)

3 Easy Ways to Help Save the Bees (And Why it Matters)

Organic Gardening, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

By Ginny Aaron Something that has been near and dear to my heart for a long time is the devastating drop in the global honeybee population. Honeybees ALONE are responsible for pollinating 80% of fruits and vegetables.Considering how much we depend on these little...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Instagram
  • RSS