Homesteading, Cooking, Recipes & Gardening Articles

Here you will find the homesteading articles together with the articles on cooking, recipes and gardening/growing your own food, that we have published on Knowledge Weighs Nothing. Here are a few of our most popular homesteading posts --

Log Home Plans: 40 Free Log Cabin Floor Plans & Blueprints

23 Gardening Hacks, Tricks, & Tips (Plus: 3 Gardening Mistakes To Avoid)

How To Make Mead: Plus 5 EASY & Delicious Mead Recipes To Try

Be sure to check out some of the other categories as there are countless other useful and relevant homesteading related posts in the Self-Sufficiency and Prepping/Emergency Preparedness categories.

What Is ‘Meat Glue’ And Is It Safe?

In recent years, meat manufacturers have come under great scrutiny. First, it was the infamous “pink slim” reportedly used to make hamburger meat, and now, meat glue is the latest hidden ingredient gaining attention. Much like its name suggests, this compound is added to meat to create an invisible and durable bond, which results in […]

5 Bizarre Home Remedies That Are Actually Very Effective

We’ve all been exposed to home remedies of one kind or another. Although entertaining, such as the one claiming to cure acne with urine, most are not worth even trying. However, this isn’t the case with all home remedies. The following list consists of home remedies backed by science – not your great grandmother’s aunt […]

How To Remove Hard Water Deposits (Lime Scale) With 2 Natural Ingredients

If you live in a hard water area, hard water deposits (limescale) can cause all kinds of problems, ranging from the unsightly build-up around sinks, baths and faucets, all the way through to completely clogging up your heating pipework, in which case, professional plumbing help is required. If we’re just talking the hard water deposits […]

How To Drill A ‘Water Well’ At Home — Video Tutorials & Step-By-Step PDF DIY Instructions

If you have some land, all the free water you could ever need might be just below your feet… Imagine the saving and the freedom of having your own water supply would bring… All you would need then is the solar panels for some electricity and a wood-burning stove to cooking and heating, and then […]

The 2 BEST Homemade Natural Pesticide Recipes

Both of the natural pesticides below work against snails, slugs, aphids, Armyworms, Leaf Beetles, Colorado Potato Beetles, Cucumber Beetles, Japanese Beetles, ants, fruit fly and more… With both pesticides – only use them in the early evenings, so they don’t come into contact with bees and butterflies, that said, my experience is that the neem […]