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Substitutions in Recipes
February 25, 2022 · · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

If the pandemic has taught us one crucial skill with homemaking, it’s flexibility — especially regarding food preparation.

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Epsom Salt Hacks for Wintertime
February 20, 2022 · · Self-Reliance

Trying to stay healthy in the winter is a challenge so I have some Epsom salt hacks that will help when you’re feeling under the weather.

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Use Self-Standing Water Tubes to Fool Mother Nature
February 20, 2022 · · Growing

Planning your next garden requires more than looking at pretty pictures in the seed catalogs. If you are an old pro, you are familiar with the relative length of your growing season and what plant varieties to select.

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Raising Spotted Pigs: Gloucestershire Old Spot
February 20, 2022 · · Pigs

We love raising pigs for meat, so I was excited to try a new pig breed. One bite of that succulent pork roast, and I knew I was on to something.

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Fire it Up!
February 17, 2022 · · Homesteading

Last winter saw the coldest temperatures that we’ve seen in several years. And with that, we were stuck inside because, with ice and snow-covered roads and temperatures barely reaching a high of five degrees F, we honestly weren’t thrilled about going outside at all.

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Getting Your Kids Involved with 4-H and FFA
February 17, 2022 · · Homesteading

The fair season was always filled with awe and wonder in my household, even from an early age. My father would take us through the livestock exhibits, and I would look up at the cages of poultry in amazement at the various colors and shapes of chickens.

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What are Skunks Good For on the Homestead?
February 16, 2022 · · Homesteading

When we hear the word, “skunk,” we don’t get a warm fuzzy feeling and are more likely to look for someplace to hide. That’s because skunks get a bad rap, some of it legitimate, but some mistaken. So what are skunks good for?

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Whole Wheat Cookery
February 16, 2022 · · Canning & Kitchen

I can’t remember exactly when I first began dabbling in whole wheat cooking but it was about 20 years ago. My husband and I had started to make a change in our diet and lifestyle and bleached, white flour became one of the first things to go.

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Beginning Blacksmithing
February 15, 2022 · · Homesteading

Some of the best advice on self-reliance I’ve received was given to me by my grandfather while we worked in his blacksmith shop. “Never buy something that you can make,” he told me.

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Heritage Sheep Breeds: Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em
February 15, 2022 · · Sheep

The Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em project is focusing fiber artists on using rare breed wool and yarns to draw attention to their unusual and fine qualities.

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Homemade Orange Marmalade Recipe
February 3, 2022 · · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

Is orange marmalade a jam? Depending on the recipe you find, it could very well be. Regardless of the recipe you choose to follow, the process of making this preserve is tedious.

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Growing a Traditional Victory Garden
February 2, 2022 · · Growing

During WWI and WW2 the vast majority of people grew some of their own food. It was not only expected, it was patriotic and a symbol of helping to win the war.

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Hybrid and Heirloom Seeds
February 2, 2022 · · Growing

I am a diehard for plants grown from heirloom seeds, and I save most of my own seeds for our farm. I thought now would be a good time to give a lesson on the basic differences between hybrid and heirloom seeds.

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Growing the Best Herbs for Containers
February 1, 2022 · · Growing

Growing the best herbs for containers needn’t be difficult. Most herbs can live their lives happily in containers. Especially herbs for culinary use.

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Building Our Debt-Free Home
February 1, 2022 · · Homesteading

We had been married for six years when we became debt-free. Like many couples starting out we had a vehicle loan, a loan for our mobile home, and a few other debts.

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