I’m looking for a good way to store electrical power on the homestead, so I followed a tutorial online and created my own small Edison Battery. Back when electric cars were first invented Thomas Edison created a battery from nickel and iron plates submerged in a solution of potassium hydroxide. So why is this significant?…

I have tiles like this all over the place right now. I’m testing out different Geoploymer recipes to create large triangular tiles that will be used as part of my geodesic dome greenhouse. Geopolymers are building materials similar to concrete that when mixed correctly cause a chemical reaction similar to the natural formation of some…

I finally had a practical use for my metal foundry! This weekend I used the lost foam casting method to create a custom engine bracket for a future energy generation project. The plan is to convert our food waste into energy using a methane biodigestor. By converting an old lawnmower engine to run off of…

I want to be able to grow as much of my diet as feasible, which means I’m going to need a lot more blueberry bushes. Over the last few years I’ve been trying to grow new plants from cuttings without much luck. After trying multiple different techniques and soil combos, this year I started having…

The growing number of wildfires these past few years have me rethinking my long-term homesteading and survival strategy. In this video I talk about what has changed and some of the ideas I’m leaning towards for the future to ensure we are prepared for a worst case scenario.

I split some of the large chunks of granite on my property using a hammer drill and some feathers and wedges. The drill does most of the work. It’s pretty heavy so I just let gravity apply the downward pressure. I wore a respirator because inhaling granite dust is said to be extremely bad for…

Several years ago the wiring of my well got burnt up in a huge fire from a neighboring property. We had to replace the wiring and piping over 200ft deep. In previous videos we were having trouble getting the pitless adapter back in place, but today we finally got it seated correctly! Here is the…

I found some tadpoles in a bin in the yard that had filled with rainwater. There were hundreds of them so I decided to scoop a few into a smaller container to take inside so I could watch them as they grew. I fed them spinach leaves and changed their water every few days as…