@Self Sufficient Homesteading & Gardening
— · 24 videos curated
Homesteading, food preservation, gardening, water management, and self-sufficiency skills for household resilience.
All 24 videos
Understanding 100% Whole Wheat Flour Part 1
Introduction to fresh-milled whole wheat flour: properties, uses, and differences from refined flour for long-term food storage and home baking.
The Zombie Apocalypse of Pests: Tuta Absoluta and Garden Pest Management
Two-minute guide to identifying and managing Tuta absoluta (tomato leafminer), a destructive garden pest threatening household food production.
Making Yogurt with Yogurt
Three-minute walkthrough of yogurt fermentation using existing yogurt as a starter culture for continuous home production.
Step 3 - Making Probiotic Yogurt
Walkthrough on fermenting yogurt at home for food preservation and probiotic production as part of household food self-sufficiency.
Step 1: Mesophilic Yogurt in Instant Pot and Traditional Method
Two-method yogurt culturing tutorial: using an Instant Pot and traditional fermentation for household food preservation and self-sufficiency.
The Difference Between Mesophilic and Thermophilic Yogurt and Why It Matters for Your Gut Health
Fifteen-minute guide to yogurt fermentation: comparing mesophilic and thermophilic cultures, temperature requirements, and health benefits for home food production.
100% Whole Wheat: Hydration Needs for Freshly Milled Flour
Quick tip on adjusting hydration ratios when baking with freshly milled whole wheat flour versus store-bought.
Making 100% Whole Wheat Bread: Step 1
First installment in a whole wheat bread baking series, covering foundational techniques for home bread production from scratch.
How to Make Sprouts: Lentils and Mung Beans
Step-by-step walkthrough of sprouting lentils and mung beans at home—a high-yield, space-efficient way to grow fresh nutritious food year-round.
Very Successful Bone Broth with Collagen
Short walkthrough on making bone broth and extracting collagen for food preservation and nutritional resilience.
Pressure Canning Siphoning: Why Your Jars Lose Liquid & How to Stop It
Nine-minute walkthrough of siphoning in pressure canning: why it happens, four main causes (pressure fluctuations, rapid cooling, air bubbles, improper lids), and how to prevent and assess it.
Biodegradable and Eco-Friendly Straws Growing in Your Garden
One-minute walkthrough on growing edible straw plants in a home garden as a self-sufficient alternative to purchased straws.
Milk Kefir Grows So Much Slower in Winter
One-minute observation on how seasonal temperature drops affect milk kefir fermentation rates and what that means for year-round food preservation.
Why Soaking Our Legumes Is Important
How soaking legumes reduces antinutrients and improves digestibility, making them safer and more nutritious for food storage and daily meals.
How we raise broilers naturally | No hormones, no antibiotics
Twelve-minute walkthrough of a homestead broiler-chicken system: feeding, housing, daily management, and lessons from three trial iterations toward sustainable meat production.
Wild Edible Series - Blackjack
53-second identification and foraging guide to blackjack, a wild edible plant for food self-sufficiency.
Wild Edible Series - Shepherd's Purse
37-second identification and basic information about shepherd's purse, a common wild edible plant for foraging and food security.
Making Cream Cheese
Eight-minute walkthrough of cream cheese production from basic ingredients, a foundational dairy preservation skill for self-sufficient food storage.
Free Food! Identifying Swine Cress and What You Can Use It For
Identifying swine cress in the wild and practical culinary and preservation uses for this common edible plant.
A Salad Made From Weeds
Two-minute walkthrough of identifying and harvesting common edible wild greens for a foraged salad.
Identifying Plantain
One-and-a-half minute guide to identifying plantain in the wild, covering key visual markers for confident foraging.
Moving 90 Litres of Water, No Sweat: Off-Grid Living Needs a Hippo Roller
Demonstration of the Hippo Roller water-transport solution for off-grid homesteading: how to move large volumes of water efficiently without mechanical power.
From Chaos Garden to Productive Garden in a Few Small Intentional Actions
Quick walkthrough of practical steps to transform an overgrown garden into a productive growing space.
Yogurt Maker for the Win: Experimenting with Propagating Fig Cuttings
Repurposing a yogurt maker as a propagation chamber to grow fig cuttings—a practical skills demo on food production and equipment versatility.