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24. Homestead Cooking from Everyday to Gourmet
November 1, 2023
Once you have your bounty of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs, you
23. Basics of Homestead Construction
November 1, 2023
You don
22. Some Favorite Hand Tools on the Homestead
November 1, 2023
While you will need a few power tools to run the homestead, you
21. Laborsaving Power Tools on the Homestead
November 1, 2023
To manage a modern homestead, you
20. Processing and Butchering Animals for Food
November 1, 2023
If you want to raise all your food on the homestead, and if you
18. How to Make Homemade Soap
November 1, 2023
Soap has always been made from two basic components
17. Preserving Food by Pickling and Fermenting
November 1, 2023
Acids preserve foods by killing the pathogenic bacteria that can cause illness. Pickling uses vinegar to provide that acidic environment, and in fermentation, specific bacteria produce acids as a metabolic waste product. In this lesson, you
15. Preserving Food by Canning
November 1, 2023
The process of canning uses heat to kill the microbes that cause food to spoil
14. Generators, Solar Power, and Water Wells
November 1, 2023
While you might have considered taking your homestead completely off the grid, that
13. Seeds, Seedlings, and Transplants
November 1, 2023
Discover which plants work best as transplants from seedlings and which are best grown by sowing seeds directly into your garden at just the right time. For transplanting vegetables, learn to propagate from cuttings and crown division, and the best way to plant the seedlings for successful growth.
12. Greenhouse and Hoop House Gardening
November 1, 2023
While greenhouses can be time-consuming and expensive, they have maintained their allure throughout the ages. Learn how to build a greenhouse and why a hoop house might be a much better option for you. And discover the biochemical processes that make compost a reasonable winter heat source for your plants.
11. Vegetable Gardening Made Easy
November 1, 2023
Homegrown tomatoes are as delicious as they come. In this lesson, you
10. Fundamentals of Gardening and Soil
November 1, 2023
Compare the pros and cons of various types of gardening
8. Grapevines and Small Vineyards
November 1, 2023
Learn how to start from the ground up to grow grapevines that produce a maximum yield of large sugary fruit. With these easy-to-learn planting, trellising, pruning, and harvesting techniques, each of your homestead grapevines could produce 100 pounds of fruit per year, possibly for decades.
7. Fencing for Livestock and Gardens
November 1, 2023
Inadequate fencing can cause the loss of plants and animals and make it impossible to regulate the growth of your livestock herd. With step-by-step guidance, you
4. Milking Goats and Making Cheese
November 1, 2023
Examine the nutritional relationship between nannies and their kids, and learn the
3. Raising Goats on Your Homestead
November 1, 2023
Goats are relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain as livestock. But you
2. Keeping Bees and Harvesting Honey
November 1, 2023
There are many benefits of apiculture, but you
1. What Is Modern Homesteading?
November 1, 2023
Explore the many ways modern homesteading can bring some of the spirit and benefits of traditional homesteading into your life. Once you identify your own goals and skills
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Where to Watch Pioneering Skills for Everyone: Modern Homesteading
Pioneering Skills for Everyone: Modern Homesteading is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Pioneering Skills for Everyone: Modern Homesteading on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.
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