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Homestead · Curing & Smoking

Salt-cure a pork belly

An equilibrium cure for a pork belly you will later rinse, dry, and cook through. The salt is calculated, not scooped until it looks right.

intermediate · 90 minutes of work, then days of cure · moderate · 1 proofs · 1 saves · demo

Little Skills

Throw and catch a ball

A parent-and-child catch session. Ten throws you can count, a ball that fits a small hand, and a place that is not a street. Kid accounts are not on this board. You do this one together.

beginner · 20 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 1 saves · free intro · demo

Homestead · Homemade Goods & Apothecary

Cold-process a bar of soap

A tiny batch: oils, a weighed lye solution, and a stick blender. You do not eyeball sodium hydroxide.

intermediate · 90 minutes, then a month of cure · low · 1 proofs · 0 saves · demo

Tutoring & Academics

Fractions for shop and GED math

Halves, quarters, and eighths on a tape measure, then the same fractions on a GED-style problem. One idea, two places it shows up.

beginner · 40 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Coffee & Drinks

Brew coffee in a moka pot

A three-chamber pot, a medium grind, and the moment you take it off the heat. Most bitter moka is just coffee that was left to boil.

beginner · 15 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Homestead · Animal Husbandry

The daily chicken check

Water, feed, eggs, and the bird who is not acting like the others. A flock stays healthier when the check is boring.

beginner · 20 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Homestead · Woodworking & Building

Cut a mortise by hand

Mark both faces, drill out the waste or chop it, and pare to the knife line. The tenon is a later problem. This post stops at a square hole.

intermediate · About an hour for one joint · low · 1 proofs · 0 saves · demo

Homestead · Fermentation & Brewing

Salt cabbage into sauerkraut

Shred cabbage, salt it at 2 percent, and keep it under its own brine until it tastes sour instead of raw.

beginner · 40 minutes, then 1 to 4 weeks · low · 1 proofs · 0 saves · demo

Cooking

Assemble a tiramisu

Savoiardi, espresso, and a mascarpone cream. The method is the assembly. The raw yolks are a decision you make on purpose.

intermediate · 50 minutes, plus a night in the fridge · low · 1 proofs · 0 saves · demo

Homestead · Wildcrafting & Foraging

Identify and dry broadleaf plantain

How to be sure you have broadleaf plantain, and how to dry a small bundle for tea or a poultice later. If you are not sure, you do not pick it.

intermediate · 40 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · demo

Homestead · Fiber Arts

Weave a strip on a cardboard loom

A cereal-box loom, a warp of string, and one weft. You leave with a strip long enough to understand over-under, not a scarf.

beginner · About 75 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Creative Tech

Intro to motion graphics

One shape, two keyframes, and a move that eases in and out. This is the first hour of motion work, not a film set and not a software tour.

beginner · 35 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Spanish

Basic Costa Rican Spanish phrases

A short set of phrases people actually use in Costa Rica, including pura vida and the usted default, with a way to hear yourself say them.

beginner · 25 minutes · free · 1 proofs · 0 saves · free intro · demo

Little Skills

Make a PB&J together

One sandwich, made with a child at the counter. They spread one ingredient. You handle the knife. Then you eat it at the table, not in front of a screen.

beginner · 15 minutes · low · 0 proofs · 1 saves · demo

Homestead · Animal Husbandry

QA test skill please ignore

This is a QA test skill created by an automated sweep and it will be deleted.

beginner · 30 minutes · free · 0 proofs · 0 saves · free intro