8 Do’s and Don'ts For World Naked Gardening Day
The first Saturday in May is World Naked Gardening Day! This year (2023), it falls on May 6 (tomorrow). And since we are living our lives...
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Welcome to our blog! Here you’ll find tips and tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead. Whether you’re new to this lifestyle (like we are) or you’ve been doing it for years we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
We invite you to comment often on our posts and encourage you all to make this a community space where everyone is valued and everyone can learn.
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
DIY Fire Starters
This year, we’ve started a new tradition of giving only handmade gifts to family and friends. We have a large family, and in years past...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Homemade Kitchen Cough Syrup
Did you know that you can make a quick easy cough syrup in less than 5 minutes from ingredients you already have in your kitchen pantry?...
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
DIY Firewood Tote
If you use a wood stove or fireplace to heat your home in the winter, a firewood tote is essential. For us, we have wood stacked on the...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
DIY Chicken Treat Ornaments
Tis’ the season to “peck the halls” and no self-respecting homesteader can consider the halls officially decked until the coop is...
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- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Simplest DIY Chicken Water Heater
It's that time of year again when temperatures at night dip well below freezing, and we are fast approaching a time when even the daytime...
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- Aug 21, 2022
- 12 min
15 Ways You Can Become More Self Sufficient Today
The term ‘self-sufficient’ has been floating around for years, but as we’ve all watched the world descend farther and farther into chaos,...
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- Jul 8, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Kitchen Scraps
It’s a sad reality, that as a society we are incredibly wasteful creatures. The amount of waste created every day is staggering. Our...
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- Jun 16, 2022
- 4 min
Frozen Chicken Treats and Why You Should Make Them
A good percentage of the country is facing scorching temps right now. Even here, high in the mountains at nearly 8,000 feet we’re seeing...
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- Apr 13, 2022
- 6 min
Why You Should Be Raising Mealworms for Your Chickens
Have you ever gone to do a DIY or follow a Pinterest pin that looks completely idiot-proof only to spend hours creating an epic fail?...
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- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
A Spring Equinox (Ostara) Celebration
Last Sunday marked the Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara in the Wiccan/Pagan world. For the most part, I shy away from organized...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 7 min
3 DIY Ways to Test Your Garden Soil
A good gardener can make it look as though growing is as easy as dropping seeds into the ground and adding water. The reality however is...
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- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
How to Start Your Own Worm Farm
The snow may still be falling, but if you have dreams of spring garden grandeur and a bountiful fall harvest it’s time to bring those...
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