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©2012 Shanna Ohmes Fermenting foods has been a part of food preservation for thousands of years before modern canning and freezing methods became available. Fermenting foods increases the nutritional value, is easy to do, uses little resources and increases the good bacteria back into your intestinal tract. What is Fermentation? “Fermentation is the transformative . . . → Read More: Fermenting and Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning  Leave a comment  Canning and Preserving, Home, Homestead Kitchen, Pantry and Cellar, People  fermentation, Fermentation Workshop with Sandor Katz DVD, fermenting foods, food fermentation, preserving food, Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning, Sandor Katz, self-sufficiency, The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante, Wild Fermentation 
©2012 Shanna Ohmes Have you ever wanted to start your own seeds? Seed-starting is easy and fun and you can make your own paper pots to start them in! Recycling newspapers to make seed pots will use up that pile of newspapers you’ve saved and they will decompose in the ground when you plant . . . → Read More: Seed Starting–How to Make Paper Pots Out of Newspaper 
©2012 Shanna Ohmes The Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California has a program inspired by Alice Waters to teach students how to grow their own food. It’s an edible school yard on a one acre garden. This program teaches students how to grow their own food, tend to it, harvest it, and . . . → Read More: Edible School Yard Garden Teaches 1,000 Students a Year about Food 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes Yuck! How do you get rid of skunk smell from your dog? We went through this exact situation one year with my little dog. It was an early February morning and it was freezing. As soon as I opened the door, she growled, charged out and bounded off the porch steps. . . . → Read More: How to Remove Skunk Odor from your Dog One comment Animals, Country Living, Dogs, Home, Homesteading, Recipes get rid of skunk smell from dog, how to remove skunk odor, peroxide baking soda to remove skunk odor, peroxide for skunk smell, recipe to get rid of skunk smell, recipe to remove skunk odor, remove skunk odor, skunk odor removal recipe, tomato juice for skunk smell 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes Mullein is a traditional herb used for strengthening the lungs and is very specific for any breathing problem. It is also used for allergies or other sensitivities that cause your breathing to tighten. Whether its asthma, asthmatic tendencies, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or emphysema, mullein is the herb that can . . . → Read More: How to Make a Mullein Infusion for Asthma and Lung Health 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes I’ve had lots of requests for information on permaculture and found this webinar series on YouTube I wanted to share with you. In this video series, you learn that permaculture is the most important activity that we can do to provide for a sustainable future. It is a common sense system . . . → Read More: What is Permaculture? A video Webinar Series Intro to Permaculture Leave a comment Animals, Gardening, Home, Homesteading, Off the Grid, People, Permaculture, Self Reliance, Traditional Cultures, Urban Homesteading Against the Grain, Bill Mollison, Bill Wilson, chickens, Collapse, egg production, greenhouses, grow your own food, Homesteading, How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine, indigenous cultures, Introduction to Permaculture, Jared Diamond, John Jeavons, Midwest Permaculture, midwestpermaculture.com, pavement gardens, peak oil, permaculture, permaculture concepts, permaculture design, permaculture videos, permaculture webinar, rain gardens, raingardens, Richard Manning, Stephen and Rebekah Hren, suburban permaculture, The Carbon Free Home, topsoil, urban permaculture 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes For a limited time (5 days only), you can sign up for the Culinary Herbalism Course with K.P. Khalsa (President of the American Herbalist Guild) from LearningHerbs.com, where you can learn how to use everyday herbs and foods for healing. In this course, you will learn how to . . . → Read More: Culinary Herbalism Online Course with K.P. Khalsa 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes Preserving cabbage by freezing, fermenting or drying is a great way to learn how to be self-sufficient and put food up for the winter. Cabbage is packed full of nutrients and can be used in soups, stews, trail mix, casseroles and other dishes. Freezing Cabbage: Trim outer leaves, core and quarter . . . → Read More: How to Preserve Cabbage—Freeze, Ferment and Dry Your Bumper Cabbage Crop Leave a comment Canning and Preserving, Healthy Foods, Home, Homestead Kitchen, Homesteading, Pantry and Cellar, Urban Homesteading cabbage for backpacking, Cultures for Health, dehydrators, dry cabbage, drying racks, ferment cabbage, fermenting crocks, freeze cabbage, how to, preserve cabbage, sauerkraut, self-sufficient, trail mix 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes When you are new to trying your hand at growing your own food, it can be daunting to know where to begin. How do you plan a garden for food production? Is it possible to become self-sufficient in a short time? It’s understandable to want to grow everything your first year. . . . → Read More: How to Plan Your Garden Food Production for Self-Sufficiency 
Cuisinart Chef’s Classic 12-Quart Stockpot with Cover“> Freeze your Greens—Spinach, turnip greens, dandelions and lamb’s quarters are easy to grow, and easy to put up for meals all year round. Add the frozen greens to soups or casseroles for extra nutrition and flavor. Blanch fresh greens (stems removed), in boiling water for 2 minutes. . . . → Read More: 5 Kitchen Staples You Can Make Yourself from Your Urban Homestead |
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