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making soap, making paper,, pressing flowers, avoiding homestead burnout, homesteading burnout
Homesteading LifeLifestyle

Avoiding Homestead Burnout

Having been blessed with an adventurous life, I have learned to avoid…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters
. Online homesteading not only allows you to expand your customer base but also enables you to spread the values of homesteading to the larger community.
LifestyleSelf-employment

Your Virtual Homestead

Homesteading offers so many opportunities to create a balanced life, live sustainably,…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
homestead-projects, passion projects, sustainable, permaculture
Lifestyle

Bringing Passion Projects Into Reality

How do you turn a passion into a project that really bears…

Elizabeth Waddington Elizabeth Waddington
In times of inflation and tight money, bartering can leave more cash in your wallet. Read how to save money by bartering.
CommunityFrugality and Finance

Keep More Cash in Your Wallet by Bartering

During the economic recession in the early ‘70s, I was a stay-at-home…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell
Garden Season Extenders and Cold Weather Husbandry, DIY Low tunnel, fall and winter gardening, basic animal husbandry, cold weather gardening, homesteading
GardeningHomesteading LifeLivestock

Garden Season Extenders and Cold-Weather Husbandry

It may seem strange to think about cold weather when it is…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Using Beeswax Around the Homestead
BeekeepingEcologyHobbies & Crafts

Using Beeswax Around the Homestead

Beeswax is a versatile by-product of honey production and a very valuable…

Regina Anneler Regina Anneler
What you can do with all your citrus peels? Enzyme fertilizer is an excellent way of using them in the garden and beyond.
Flowers and HorticultureGardening

Enzymes for Plants: The Secret to Boosting Harvests and Blooms

A great secret to a thriving garden, enzymes make nutrients in the…

Samuel Feldman Samuel Feldman
DIY pickles, even fruit pickles, are simple to make using lacto-fermentation. And for the curious among us, the science of pickling is fascinating.
FoodFruitsHobbies & CraftsLifestylePrepping & SafetyVegetables

Peter Piper Picked a Peck: DIY Pickles on the Homestead

Homesteaders are accustomed to spending time at home and taking on projects…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
No-till gardening
Gardening

From Lawn to Garden: A Year of No-Till

We had a small 10 x 10-foot vegetable garden in our backyard.…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst
welding helmet learn weld
ConstructionMachinery

Friend, Anybody Can Weld

Some of my earliest memories were of gluing paper together to make…

Doug Smith Doug Smith
homesteading uses for goat milk, goat milk products, Goat Milk Recipes
Livestock

Goat Milk Galore: Goat Milk Recipes and Products

Among the greatest blessings of spring are all the babies and if…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
herbal tinctures , how to make herbal tinctures, best type of alcohol for herbal tinctures, types of herbal tinctures, herbal menstruum, herbal solvent
Health and DietHerbsHobbies & CraftsPrepping & Safety

How to Make Herbal Tinctures

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and liquid medicinals from herbs, berries,…

Linda Zimnick Linda Zimnick

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