A blog about our thoughts, plans and the actual journey to our own self-sufficient homestead in Germany

The American Way

Our future starts now!

10. May 2019 By christianmakesstuff in Allgemein, Hot News, Property Development, The American Way Tags: Wild West of Germany

The course is set. Finally we were lucky to find a property for sale we could afford, that has a good size (for German standards) and is located, where we could imagine to live and build our dream. Not an easy task in Germany, where way too much is regulated, forbidden and unwanted by the […]

Entering The Canning Realm

18. January 2019 By christianmakesstuff in Canning, Food Stuff, Hand Made, Pantry Stuff, Prepping, Preserving, The American Way Tags: Beef Suet, Canning, Cooking, Food Storage, Home Made, Mason Jars, Pantry, Prepping, Tallow

Somehow you had it comming! It probably was clear as daylight that this topic would show up sooner or later. Here you go. We just spent around nine hours to render 17½ lbs beef suet into a little more than 8 qts of tallow canned in recent bought Mason Jars. We just got ourselves into […]