Homesteader Recipes
Vacuum Sealer – Essential Homestead Tools
Ever since we got our first vacuum sealer, we’ve been hooked. You could say that it sealed the deal for us. There are many uses for a vacuum sealer on our Wilderstead Continue reading
Fishing For Lake Superior Steelhead – Rainbow Trout of Lake Superior Provincial Park- May, 2019
We’re surrounded by lakes and rivers in the Algoma region of northern Ontario. Every season has something to offer in the way of fishing. Beginning in April, Rainbow Trout begin Continue reading
Our Off Grid Salad Spinner Laundry Machine | Tiny House Appliance
Washing laundry in an off grid situation is tough. You have to think about energy use & water demands. We have a simple off grid laundry solution using a small Continue reading
Filtering Maple Syrup With Egg Whites
We discovered a new to us method of filtering the niter or sugar sand out of your maple syrup. We had no idea this method of filtering maple syrup with Continue reading
Nearup is Done – How To Filter And Finish Maple Syrup
Let’s have a quick look at how we filter and finish our maple syrup using our backyard file cabinet evaporator and a simple propane stove. Filtering the finished maple syrup Continue reading
Homemade Maple Sugar – The Good Sugar
With a goal of being as self reliant as possible, one thing we hope to eliminate out of our grocery lists is sugar. We have thousands of maple trees on Continue reading
What To Do With Ice In Maple Sap Buckets? – Debunked
It’s a long standing debate in the maple sugaring community. Should you toss out the frozen bits of maple sap in your sap buckets? Should you leave it in there Continue reading