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A six month update on building and setting up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most...

This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood and using solar...

A quick look at how we built our northern chicken coop and using the deep litter composting method in the coop to help generate a little...

This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood. It’s a tough...

This DIY smoker was a bit of a head scratcher at first. This is our repurposed homemade offset smoker. We built this meat smoker from a...

A tasty wild meal prepared from fresh lake Superior Coho salmon, Yellowfoot Chanterelles (winter chanterelles), Golden Chanterelles and...

Fall mushroom foraging for Yellowfoot Chanterelles, also known as winter mushroom, or Funnel Chanterelle. These fall mushrooms begin to...

Often, the biggest problem with foraging wild mushrooms is having too many. Canning and preserving wild chanterelle mushrooms is a great...

Chanterelle Mushrooms is the common name of several species of wild edible mushrooms in the genera Cantharellus. I was lucky to get out...

Broadleaf Plantain (plantago major) is one of the most common edible backyard weeds that has been used for centuries for its medicinal...

How to build and set up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most popular fishing baits...

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Come along for a day of adventure, ice fishing in northern Ontario. We headed out to the Tilley Lakes in Algoma, northern Ontario for a...

Ever since we got our first vacuum sealer, we’ve been hooked. You could say that it sealed the deal for us. There are many uses for a...

We’re surrounded by lakes and rivers in the Algoma region of northern Ontario. Every season has something to offer in the way of fishing....

Washing laundry in an off grid situation is tough. You have to think about energy use & water demands. We have a simple off grid...

You can use egg white as a natural clarifying agent to filter maple syrup and remove impurities, including sediment and nitre. The...

Filtering maple syrup after boiling is important. The filtering stage of making maple syrup will remove any ash or other debris that may...

To make maple sugar , the process is rather simple. You’ll need a sauce pan, a small amount of butter or oil, some maple syrup, a...

It’s a long standing debate in the maple sugaring community. Is Frozen Sap Just WATER? Does Frozen Sap Contain SUGAR?  Should you leave...