Why Avocado Trees Die Even in GOOD Soil
Avocado trees don't always die because of bad soil; even GOOD soil can fail them. In this video, I explain the real reason avocados struggle for many home growers, what's happening at the roots, and why soil type is often blamed unfairly
4 Ways to Charge a DIY Power Station
Wondering how to charge your DIY power station or 12V battery? I break down 4 real-world ways to keep your off-grid power ready - from household outlets to solar, generators, and even your car or truck.
Whole Milk is back
President Trump signs the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, allowing schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to offer whole milk, expanding beverage choices for students and boosting production for dairy farmers.
Bees Might Be Saving Lives
Scientists discovered that honeybee venom contains melittin, a substance capable of destroying aggressive breast cancer cells while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. Nature may still be our greatest healer.
Losing Chickens? Tools Needed for Trapping Poultry Predators
If you are raising poultry on your farm, then chances are you have predators. In this excerpt from the latest addition to FarmLikeaLunatic.com, Daniel Salatin shares the basic tools needed in order to be prepared to trap whatever poultry are causing
Unseen Danger of Wireless Tech
We hear from Cece Doucette on the many dangers of wireless technology. Common devices, such as earbuds and tablets, as well as large-scale infrastructure, including cell towers, pose a risk to human health and are a hazard to the environment. Learn a
Can Cardboard Actually Warm Your Garden Soil in Winter?
In this video, we test a simple cardboard garden hack to see if it can help insulate soil, suppress weeds, and retain heat during the cold months - using nothing but free cardboard and what we already had on our homestead.
Nano-magnets may defeat bone cancer and help you heal
In The Uncanny X-Men, Magneto, supervillain and CEO of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, wants to destroy humanity – and in the first X-Men movie, aims at forcibly mutating all human beings so that normals no longer exist to discriminate against mut
Where Do Microplastics Come From Anyway?
Most people know that plastic pollution is a problem, but microplastics (the tiny fragments shed by everyday products) are much more pervasive than many realize.
The "Magical Winter" Lie We All Believe
In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, I'm sharing what I've been learning about intentional rest. Not accidental rest or someday rest, but the kind of rest you choose on purpose and protect with intention. The kind of rest that brings clarity
Perfect Aircrete, Kitchen Ingredients.
In this video we learn how to make aircrete (or aerocrete) using a new method that has no need for specialty tools, and only requires grocery store ingredients.