Hobbies & Crafts

Homesteading articles about Hobbies & Crafts as they pertain to homesteaders, family, farming, animal husbandry, history, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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DIY bath products, homemade bath products, homemade soap, make your own shampoo, bath salts, natural bath products
DIY

Bath, Body, and Beyond: DIY Bath Products from the Homestead

I love the hard, dirty work that goes along with homesteading but…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Utilizing-Trees
Alternative medicine

Utilizing Trees on the Homestead: Crafts to Cure-alls

  When you become a homesteader, you notice how much nature is…

Isabella Fisher Isabella Fisher
Choosing a Pigeon Breed for the Homestead
Homesteading

Show, Sport, or Squab: Choosing a Pigeon Breed for the Homestead

  Hopefully after reading my previous article, Pigeon Preliminaries, you’ve been prompted to…

Armani Tavares Armani Tavares
Chickens in the garden, Basics of Biodynamic Gardening, homesteading, homestead
Beneficial species

The Basics of Biodynamic Gardening

Is this the year you plan on growing healthier food, taking better…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
knife types, types of knives, types of pocketknives, best knife for the kitchen, homesteading, homestead
Equipment

Cutting Through the Mystery of Knife Types: Know Your Blades

Whether it be the kitchen, workshop, in automobile emergency-kits, or simply junk…

Doug Smith Doug Smith
Cheesemaking science for beginners, cheesemaking at home, cheese affinage, homesteading
Cheese

Cheesemaking Science for Beginners, Part Two: Cheese Affinage

  In the first article of this series, Cheesemaking Science for Beginners, Part…

Kimi Ceridon Kimi Ceridon
Backyard bird feeding, homesteading
Homesteading

Backyard Bird Feeding on the Homestead

  It was a cold morning and I had just come in…

Kevin Wright Kevin Wright