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Are cob ovens better than regular ovens?

A Boom DIY: How to build a Cob Oven: Do you like pizza? Of course you do, most everyone loves pizza and one of the best ways to make an amazing pizza is with a wood fired pizza oven. Wood fired ovens are able to get much hotter than a standard electric or gas oven. When your oven can get […]

How to make sourdough bread and the OG country loaf

A Boom DIY: How to Make a traditional Sourdough Country Loaf Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk about making your own loaf of sourdough bread at home. Since I learned how to make my own bread without using instant yeast, I automatically could taste the difference and was far better than anything you can buy at the store. FYI: […]

How to make Sourdough bread and the benefits

Sourdough bread – (ˈsou(ə)rˌdō bred) – Food made of flour, water, and leavening agent. A fermenting dough, typically that is left over from a previous batch mixed together with wheat (flour), and water that is baked. Leav-en: a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid especially : sourdough Everyone has heard of sourdough bread but […]

Planning your Kitchen Garden

Since the beginning of our journey on our property and homestead, growing our own food has been one of our main aspirations and dreams in the overall scheme of our property development. To many people, gardening means getting their hands dirty so to speak and finding a deeper connection with were there food comes from. Gardening can be overwhelming at […]

Living off-grid with Solar Power

As of this past June 2016, my wife and I have been living off-grid in our tiny house using solar power as our only source of energy along with limited amounts of propane for cooking and hot water heating. Through our entire process of planning for and living with solar power, we have learned about many aspects of solar power […]