In every gardener's life, there comes a time when you wish you could hit a reset button. You look over the garden area you use and wish you could just snap your fingers and have a clean slate again. You know more now and have experience with different plants, have dreamt about a different layout … [Read more...]
How to: Being Prepared on a Budget
If you are anything like me, you are 'broke' 99% of the time. If you get paid on the first and it is the 10th, you're broke. Oh sure, if you are 'disciplined,' you have money budgeted for gas, milk, veggies and other must haves for the month but for anything extra, yeah right. And now, you want to … [Read more...]
Pioneering Skills that Modern Folks Need
If all of the modern appliances were taken away from you, could you survive? Would you be able to cook food, wash and dry clothes, and haul water? Many people have limited knowledge and even less experience with how to live like this but for many of our great grandparents grew up exactly the way … [Read more...]
The Gift of Seeds – Year Round!
Recently, I asked on Facebook the question: "As a homesteader, what would you love to find in your stocking come Christmas morning?" The most common thing requested? The gift of seeds! I was very surprised. To be honest, I never considered gifting seeds to people because I figured everyone has … [Read more...]
Beware the Illegal Clothesline
The other day I was skimming through Facebook and saw an article about a bill being passed to allow people to dry their clothes on a line outside. I was floored. "Is this for real?" I asked myself. As usual, I went into research mode and was shocked to find that there are numerous places all across … [Read more...]
Creative Cooking Without a Stove
I never realized how cooking without a stove would limit us on what we eat! We have no stove or oven. When we moved into the new place, we knew there was no stove/oven in there but figured we could get one second hand and be good. Then we realized that the wiring is not set for a traditional … [Read more...]
Fighting the Biggest Food Storage Enemies
Since the beginning of time, humanity has been learning about how to preserve food to last through the winters and hard times. Starting with simple drying or smoking, we worked our way up to freezing, canning, and vacuum sealing. All of these methods have one thing in common: they remove the … [Read more...]
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