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The Unbound Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here, you’ll find recipes for herbal remedies, chicken keeping, gardening tips, DIYs, and all the tips, tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead and become more self-sufficient. Whether you’re new to this lifestyle or you’ve been doing it for years, we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
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5 Organic Soil Amendments for the Medicinal Garden
Spring is in the air, and while it’s still too early for many of us to plant, it is the perfect time to consider soil amendments to help...
Mar 253 min read
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10 Things To Do On The Homestead In September
Oh, Autumn…how I’ve missed you. I’ve officially decided that fall is the season of my soul. Yes, summer has sunkissed days, but the heat...
Sep 23, 20244 min read
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What I’ve Learned after 3 Years of Growing Our Own Food
Since our move back to Colorado in 2019, I've been cultivating a garden. However, only when we settled on our homestead in 2021 did I...
Jul 9, 20245 min read
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5 Ways to Add Self-Sufficiency to 2024
More and more these days, thoughts of self-sufficiency are becoming top of mind for more people. When I look back on what feels like a...
Jan 5, 20245 min read
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Keeping Your Homestead Productive This Winter
The chill of winter is setting in here on our mountaintop homestead, and with cool temps comes a familiar shift in our everyday activity....
Nov 21, 20235 min read
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Making Plantain First-Aid Salve
It’s a banana, it’s a weed, it’s magic, no. It’s the plantain plant, and it may just be one of the most valuable “weeds” in your...
Aug 17, 20236 min read
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How to Make Yarrow Styptic Powder
Since transitioning from full-time work to freelance work, a lot of time has opened up for me to explore more of my passions on the...
Jul 11, 20235 min read
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Homemade Laundry Detergent
Laundry, it’s a fact of life. But, did you know that you can make a simple effective laundry detergent in less than 5 minutes from...
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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Preparing the Homestead for Winter Weather
Oh my, Spring, Summer, Fall, they all went by in a blur and it’s (probably beyond) time to prepare the homestead for winter weather. The...
Nov 1, 20228 min read
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Farm, Hobby Farm, Homestead, Farmstead, What's the Difference?
I was scrolling through one of my Facebook homesteading groups the other day and I saw a post from a girl who said something along the...
Jul 8, 20226 min read
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Homestead Update - Our DIY Pallet Chicken Coop
Our sunny and cute DIY pallet chicken coop and run. The build was made almost entirely of salvaged materials and turned out adorable!
Jun 4, 20224 min read
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Are You Concerned About Potential Food Shortages?
I’m going to deviate today from my normal content and take a little time to talk to you all about the possibility of coming food...
Apr 6, 20225 min read
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DIY Cleaning Products to Kick off Spring Cleaning
Spring has officially sprung, at least on the calendar if not in Colorado. And one thing even those of us who hate cleaning tend to do is...
Mar 29, 20225 min read
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Learning to Homestead, pt 1 - The New Food Supply Chain
Homesteading is increasing in popularity these days as more and more people make the decision to become self-sustaining in a world that...
Mar 10, 202214 min read
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101 Essential Supplies Every Homestead Needs
There is a tendency to romanticize what life is like on a homestead. And while it is a simpler life by far, it also requires hard work,...
Mar 3, 202210 min read
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Why Homesteading?
When we first bought our property, and I brought up the idea of homesteading, my husband was hesitant. I’m not sure what he thought a...
Feb 8, 20225 min read
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