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Rhonda Crank
Articles by Rhonda Crank
Learning to Garden in a New Planting Zone
Add to Favorites If you’ve ever had to change gardening zones, then you know what it’s like to unlearn years of gardening techniques and adapt to your new planting zone. …
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Livable Sheds: A Surprising Solution to Affordable Housing
Add to Favorites In the spring of 2011, tornadoes ripped through west central Louisiana over the course of several days. These storms left hundreds homeless. A surprising solution was utilized …
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Homestead Security May Include Estate Fencing
Add to Favorites Estate fencing is on the rise in the off-grid community. You’re using an off-grid power source: solar, wind, hydro, or your own generator. You’ve removed yourself from …
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Homestead Fencing For Your Garden
Add to Favorites When it comes to protecting your garden from being consumed by the local wildlife, homestead fencing options are numerous. We’ve always been DIY fence installation people when …
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4 DIY Ideas for Watering Plants While Away
Add to Favorites The holidays and summer mean travel for many people. As a homesteader, you’ve made arrangements for the chores and livestock. What about watering plants while away? Keeping …
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Wall-Mounted Planters are Ideal for Herbs and Small Spaces
Add to Favorites Are you like me and enjoy fresh herbs? I enjoy the scent wafting from them as they grow indoors. Many wall-mounted planters are designed to take up …
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What is Soil Erosion?
Add to Favorites What is soil erosion? You don’t find many homesteaders talking about it. If you research soil erosion, you’ll find information mostly aimed at commercial agricultural farmers, not …
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Understanding Your Soil: How to Check Soil pH Level
Add to Favorites Knowing how to check soil pH levels in your garden is the first step to having the healthiest soil you can produce. For most of us, especially …
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Choosing the Right Saw from the Top-Rated Chainsaws
Add to Favorites When it comes to choosing the right saw from the top-rated chainsaws, there are a few things we’ve learned. As when buying other common farm equipment, making …
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17 Epsom Salt Uses From Body to Barnyard
Add to Favorites Most everyone knows about Epsom salt for the bath to ease sore muscles, but there are many Epsom salt uses on the homestead you may not know …
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7 Home Remedies For Upset Stomach That Work Fast
Add to Favorites We just can’t help ourselves, can we? We overeat during the holidays. So many parties, so many celebrations it’s just hard to say no or enough. Don’t …
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12 Home Remedies for Canker Sores
Add to Favorites When I was a little girl, a grownup told me I had mouth ulcers because I had been naughty. I knew I had been naughty. I just …
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How to Treat Spider Bites
Add to Favorites I’m going to shock you by saying this I know, but there are actually few people bitten by spiders. However, the spiders which do bite us have …
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7 Home Remedies For Acid Reflux
Add to Favorites Do you or a loved one suffer with acid reflux? There are home remedies for acid reflux which offer relief. If you’re reading this article, the chances …
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How to Treat Arthritis Naturally
Add to Favorites If you or a loved one has ever experienced joint or rheumatoid arthritis pain, then you understand the importance of knowing how to treat arthritis naturally. More …
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