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Welcome to the home of The Do It Yourself Homestead‘s Links, as mentioned in the text of the book. Online learning can be very useful these days, especially for gathering information quickly. We hope these help you in your studies.

We’ll check them regularly but if you find a link that no longer connects to the desired information, be sure to contact us and let us know.

Helpful Resources

DIYH Facebook Group Page (for homesteading discussions and questions):  https://on.fb.me/1Ufd6pV

Homestead Happenings Newsletter (for discounts, extras, updates and fun stuff):

The Do It Yourself HomesteadLinks From The Do It Yourself Homestead by Chapter:

 

In the Homestead Kitchen:

  • Learn more about making apple cider vinegar: https://bit.ly/1ktTQGs
  • Learn to ferment bananas: https://bit.ly/1KcjADP
  • Build a banana peel coddling moth trap: https://bit.ly/1NxNj65
  • Learn more about making your own pectin from green apples, crabapple or quince: https://bit.ly/1SOzeT3
  • To learn to make pickled eggs: https://bit.ly/1KckZdm
  • Learn to ferment garlic cloves to increase health benefits and taste: https://bit.ly/1T8sL9H
  • Buy a kraut pounder from Homestead Chronicles: https://bit.ly/1OfsW1l
  • How to grow a Meyer lemon tree from seed: https://bit.ly/26bkpnM
  • Make your own natural dyes (like from onion skins!): https://bit.ly/1TfECSl
  • Blow out eggs for decorating: https://bit.ly/1S6v1hP
  • 15 uses for coconut butter: https://bit.ly/1SoqKFa
  • Raw milk formula recipe from Weston Price: https://bit.ly/1SqQNih
  • Learn to use a spiralizer: https://bit.ly/20pq7wG
  • Learn how to build a solar dehydrator: https://bit.ly/1QWVNaa
  • To learn more about natural sugar choices, please visit the Wholesome website: https://bit.ly/1T9a4AY
  • Here’s how to make your own chocolate chips from Whole New Mom: http://bit.ly/2LDVzbG
  • Make your own healthy caramel with Wake the Wolves: http://bit.ly/2rZVOVB
  • To download the Food Storage and Home Preservations Sheet (a completely FREE 10 page document): https://homesteadlady.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Food-Storage-and-Home-Preservation-Worksheet.docxHomestead food storage

To learn to make your own seed tapes and mats:

  • From Learning and Yearning using toilet paper and flour paste:  https://bit.ly/1BJPlMx
  • From Instructables using paper towels and corn starch paste: https://bit.ly/1MwB3UX
  • To learn which grains, nuts and seeds will grind well in an electric and a manual grinder: http://bit.ly/2CaGIir

In The Homestead Garden:

  • Learn more about the Bowler’s sprouted fodder system with this YouTube video: https://bit.ly/1PDBlLc
  • A DIY idea for a home fodder system: https://bit.ly/28YI69q
  • Growing Grain and Fodder for Livestock Pinterest board: https://bit.ly/1OfdSvM
  • Learn more about legumes and nitrogen fixing:  https://bit.ly/1XyJcfU
  • Learn to make simple compost tea: https://bit.ly/1LunBhY
  • Learn about Larry Hall’s rain gutter garden system on YouTube: https://bit.ly/1WHzWJL
  • Get information on GMO’s and the Organic label: https://bit.ly/1l8U7x9
  • Find the “Reinventing the Herbal” series at Strangers and Pilgrims: https://bit.ly/1L36pyi
  • To learn to build a compost tumbler with a 5 gallon bucket and lid, here’s a DIY article from Urban Farms online: https://bit.ly/1lawmqB
  • To build a compost tumbler with a 30-55 gallon drum, here’s a DIY article from Grit online: https://bit.ly/1lawmqB
  • Read about the fantastic prison garden program through Utah State Agricultural Extension: https://bit.ly/1F8k3nr
  • Access a list of companies that have signed The Safe Seed Pledge at The Council for Responsible Genetics: https://bit.ly/1zt0rC0

Build self-watering containers:

  • From Grow a Good Life – https://bit.ly/1FLUgAi– this one is made out of tote boxes and will hold 18 gallons
  • From Mother Earth News – https://bit.ly/1OvjAMk– this one is made out of 5 Gallon buckets

Get your own copy of The Gardening Journal by Angi at Schneiderpeeps here

The Gardening Notebook

 

Green The Homestead:

  • Learn to make your own bees wax wrap to use in place of plastic wrap: https://bit.ly/21dsMLL
  • Learn more about Tesla Motors Powerwall solar battery: https://bit.ly/28YEvIt

Find the book Creating Your Off-Grid Homestead:

Creating Your Off-Grid Homestead, by Teri Page of Homestead-Honey.com

 

Livestock Wherever You Are:

  • Learn to build a worm BIN: https://bit.ly/1ldUqco
  • Learn to build a worm TOWER: https://bit.ly/1kDZuGf
  • Learning to identify worms: https://bit.ly/1kE9a3t
  • Here’s the table I promised you by Jo from Homestead Chronicles – see all the Pros and Cons of worms!

Vermiculture table from Jo

  • Build your own milk stand: https://bit.ly/1OfsW1l
  • Make a butchering apron: https://bit.ly/1MoI6OS
  • Build a simple meat smoker: https://bit.ly/1TE5EE7

Homestead Finances:

  • Online Course, “Feeding Your Hens Right”: https://bit.ly/1QiLkHs
  • How to organize a clothing swap: https://bit.ly/1RtWl7M

Hope: Thriving While Unemployed: 

  • Learn more About WordPress for starting a website: https://bit.ly/1agfoPg
  • How to use social media: https://bit.ly/1mINf4O
  • Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund: https://bit.ly/1LjuhVg
  • Assistance with dairy share programs from FTCLDF: https://bit.ly/1OBCGhr
  • Learn about the basics of aquaculture from My Aqua Farm: https://bit.ly/2783mna
  • Learn more about Cottage Laws: https://bit.ly/21XfsvS
  • Learn more about U-Pick enterprises: https://bit.ly/1ODfzsN
  • Learn to set up an Etsy store: https://etsy.me/1MJbrB0

The Homestead Family:

Find The Homespun Seasonal Living Workbook:

  • Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms: https://bit.ly/1TnyN7V

The Homestead Community:

Download for FREE The Homestead Book Club Schedule for the year:

  • COLOR:  https://bit.ly/1U9Dnb9
  • BLACK AND WHITE:  https://bit.ly/1XkOgYf

Homestead book group

Download for FREE The Homestead Book Club Itinerary:

  • COLOR:  https://bit.ly/1X1yIbB
  • BLACK AND WHITE:  https://bit.ly/1XU4QwT

Homestead book club itinerary

  • Find The Gardening Journal: https://bit.ly/1KJHru4
  • Learn to set up a Facebook Group: https://on.fb.me/1gc7eXW
  • Dale’s giant tomato seeds at Delectation of Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/20p8A9I
  • Seed Saver’s Exchange free webinars: https://bit.ly/1UOgFDL
  • Seeds for Generations: https://bit.ly/1TJAj4l
  • Heirloom Gardener magazine: https://bit.ly/1p3kyIm
  • Set up a Facebook Page for your homestead: https://on.fb.me/1PJlOKo
  • Learn to use PowerPoint: https://bit.ly/1MLa7Cd

The Prepared Homestead:

Natural Soap Making e-book from Jan Berry

or her online course

  • Basic 72 Hour Kit checklist from Ready.Gov: https://1.usa.gov/1M3id7i
  • Make a Rain Barrel: https://bit.ly/1H3AVxa
  • An overview of water storage: https://www.ready.gov/water
  • Coconut information from Tropical Traditions: https://bit.ly/28YGpIZ
  • Information from Bob’s Red Mill on the difference between hard white and hard red wheat: https://bit.ly/24MXcYz
  • Simple food storage calculator from About.com: https://abt.cm/1R1wocw
  • Fancier food storage calculator from Food Storage Made Easy: https://bit.ly/1RxpjkG
  • Learn more about L.D.S Bishop’s Storehouses: https://bit.ly/1Ml2T6c
  • Real Food Meal Plans from Don’t Waste the Crumbs: https://bit.ly/1LNabTt
  • Information from Bob’s Red Mill on storing whole grains: https://bit.ly/1LNabTt
  • Wonder Oven tutorial: https://bit.ly/1puGXPn
  • Build a Dakota Fire hole: https://bit.ly/1U0q4bT
  • Buy a Wonder Oven kit or assembled Wonder Oven from My Food Storage Cookbook: https://bit.ly/1R1Cwle
  • Buy an assembled Wonder Oven from Prepared in Every Way: https://etsy.me/24N1zTe
  • Build a Rocket Stove with 27 concrete bricks: https://bit.ly/1RPkAgE
  • Podcast on using Dutch ovens: https://bit.ly/1TnyN7V

We hope these links have been helpful! For continuing Do It Yourself Homestead education, be sure to check out the resources below:

The Do It Yourself Homestead Journal l Keep track of homesteading goals l Homestead Lady.com

The Do It Yourself Homestead Unit Study l Homeschool, School Supplement, Kids Activities l Homestead Lady.com

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