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We were in need of something more than just a turkey fryer to get our sap turned into syrup. The turkey fryer does indeed work well for...

The long, cold days of winter are quickly becoming a thing of the past! The first day of spring has come and gone. The snow is slowly...

When space is limited dual purpose items are very important. The entryway of our house is always full of snow and dirt so we really...

Chaga freshly harvested from the Birch tree needs to be processed before you can make Chaga tea. Processing the Chaga right away is...

Today we bring a Bushcraft Special! VIDEO OUTLINING THE BIRCH OIL PROCESSING METHOD WE USE: Using our land in every way we can is very...

What is that weird black stuff that grows on Birch Trees? It just so happens that the weird black thing growing on your Birch tree is a...

While it would be great if everything about homesteading was cheaper, not everything about homesteading saves us money. Here are a few...

Mother Bear and 4 cubs in southern Manitoba It’s been a long winter.  Our first full winter in Manitoba.  And it seems that it’s not...

If there’s one thing both Caddis our pooch and Minnow our 3 legged cat can agree on, it’s their love of dried fish treats.  They both go...

Every spring, we invest in chickens to raise on our homestead. Some of these chickens will be added to our flock of laying hens, while...

This solar pop can heater could be used for free heat in an ice fishing hut, greenhouse, a chicken coop, your shop, a hunt cabin, your...

Can you make as good of a meal with ingredients sourced from the country as you can with all the ingredients available in the city? A way...

We eat pizza at least once a month on the homestead. Planning meals ahead of time isn’t our forte, so we always end up making our own...

It’s warmed up quite a bit here in southern Manitoba.  Warm enough that it tempted Dave to get out and start cleaning up and thawing out...

It is often the case at Dans Bois that we look at each other at 6 pm and ask: What’s for dinner tonight? Well if the answer you really...

We’ve reached mid-February of the first full year on our homestead. Regardless of your confidence in a groundhog’s predictive ability,...

This easy recipe makes a soft cookie our dog Caddis loves. Making dog treats from scratch allows you to control their size. These treats...

We have a lot of knitted wash cloths around the house, but sometimes you need a bit more friction. That is where these scrubbies come in...

This is our first year keeping chickens over winter in Manitoba. It gets quite cold here (to say the least) so it was very important to...

While we may be living the homesteader life, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a few luxuries. One luxury that we decided was worth it was...