homesteading-skills
11 videos tagged homesteading-skills across 4 categories.
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Training dogs to not eat chickens
56-second walkthrough of methods to train prey-driven dogs to coexist safely with free-range chickens, including timing, consistency, and multi-dog learning.
Dirt Moving Power: Matching Tiller Size to Tractor for Seed Bed Prep
Short walkthrough on selecting and operating a tiller matched to your tractor's PTO system for efficient soil preparation and food production.
Cooking In Cast Iron – Monday Night Fireside Chat
Panel discussion on cast iron cooking techniques, seasoning, maintenance, and food preparation hosted by Gil of Camppatton Family Compound with guests Tammy McNeill and Mark of ChefTech.
Homestead Sights & Sounds from a Very Odd Spring in the Mountains of Wyoming
54-minute walkthrough of off-grid mountain homestead operations: gravity-fed water systems, wood heating, food preservation, composting toilets, gardening in harsh climate, and seasonal wildlife observations.
Full Garden Tour - Feeding Ourselves from 600 Square Feet, Crop Choices for a Cold Climate, & Pests
Tour of a productive 600-sq-ft mountain garden in cold climate: crop selection, pest management, and strategies for maximizing food self-sufficiency in harsh conditions.
Building a Smokehouse from Scratch
Step-by-step walkthrough of designing and constructing a functional smokehouse for preserving meat and other foods on a homestead.
Vermont Bun Baker XL / Nectre Wood Cook Stove — How Do We Like It as Our Sole Source of Heating?
19-minute walkthrough of wood-stove performance after a full winter as the only heat source in an off-grid mountain home, covering efficiency, operation, and real-world lessons learned.
Customizing Salvaged Cabinets for Our Off-Grid Kitchen
14-minute walkthrough retrofitting reclaimed cabinets into a mountain homestead kitchen, showing practical salvage reuse and DIY adaptation skills.
Testing New Apple Varieties: Red Fleshed, Performance Evaluation
57-minute walkthrough evaluating new apple varieties for home cultivation, including flavor, storage potential, and performance in diverse growing conditions.
Laundry Below Freezing & Hand Washing Sheets in Our Non-Electric Washing Machine
Eleven minutes on washing laundry by hand in an off-grid tiny house, including how to handle large items like sheets and drying clothes in cold mountain weather.
Creating an Herb Wreath for the Kitchen: How to Dry Your Own Herbs & Flowers
37-minute walkthrough on harvesting, drying, and preserving culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers for year-round kitchen use in a mountain homestead setting.