by Tammy Trayer | Jun 11, 2013 | Homestead Animals: Raising & Harvesting, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
It is that time of year again…. The unwelcome skunks start making their rounds in both urban and rural areas looking for that unsuspecting family pet that is just oh to curious… Well – I have just the recipe for you to print and keep handy. We have...
by glentrayer | Apr 14, 2013 | Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Videos, Writings
This week I did two videos on organizing my shop. Below are the two videos that I hope will add some organization to your shop, garage, basement, man cave, etc.
by Tammy Trayer | Apr 10, 2013 | Off-Grid Living, Positively Encouraging, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
For those of you that are new to following me, here is our story. We have always been very traditional people. Often times put in our own category. We are the kind of people that see the shiny side of the penny and felt God’s grace to grab our boot straps and trudge...
by Tammy Trayer | Mar 28, 2013 | Off-Grid Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Being that we live as traditionally as we do off-grid in the northern Idaho wilderness, we are always trying to utilize items that require no power. We live in an intentionally frugal fashion conserving even when we don't have to. We no longer have a microwave or...
by glentrayer | Mar 25, 2013 | Butchering, Curing, Jerking & Smoking Meats, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Our family tries to do everything we possibly can for ourselves. We purchased 30 laying hens and ended up with 5 roosters out of the bunch. We didn't want all those roosters in the coop so we fattened them up and decided they would do nicely in our freezer. When it...
by Tammy Trayer | Mar 6, 2013 | Off-Grid Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
The day I made the soap was a sunny day and I was ALL out of my laundry detergent. To most this would not be a concern, but because we are off-grid you learn to utilize all your resources. Our biggest resource back here in the wilderness is the SUN!! We save a lot...
