health
A Garden Vegetables List for Weight Loss
This garden vegetables list is packed full of easy-to-grow vegetables to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.
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Kombucha Tea Benefits for Your Health
Learn how fermented kombucha tea benefits your health. Find out why kombucha has been called the “Immortal Health Elixir.”
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5 Foods You Should Be Eating This Winter
We have five foods you should be eating this winter that have helped our family over the years.
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Winter Bird Feeding Tips
Winter bird feeding is a fun activity for the whole family to enjoy at a time of year when outdoor chores are at a minimum. It’s a great way to help nature and stay connected to the wild world around us.
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How to Make Vinegar and Other Vinegar Basics
Learn how to make vinegar (and its interesting history!) in this article.
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12 Benefits of Learning How to Crochet
What does “crochet” mean? Let’s start with the basics. Crochet is defined as the process of hooking thread or yarn to create fabric.
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Know Your Firewood Moisture Content
Knowing firewood moisture content can make the difference between creating steam or heat. Most folks agree that water doesn’t burn, not unless you break H2O down into H and O, both of which are highly flammable, and that doesn’t happen in your stove or furnace.
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Beef Composites and Breed Definition
We frequently hear the terms crossbred, hybrid, composite, or synthetic when referring to breed definition, and we often wonder exactly what these terms mean.
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Starting a Petting Zoo Business
Why not make use of the resources you already have on hand — farm animals, land, and a love of sharing them with others — and try starting a petting zoo business?
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Secrets of Raising Katahdin Sheep
Katahdin sheep are one of several hair breeds, the most common of which includes Barbados Black Belly, St. Croix, and Dorper sheep.
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What is the Best Mulch to Prevent Weeds?
Add to Favorites All Photos By Shelley Dedauw The best mulch to prevent weeds depends on where the mulch lies, what else you need it to do…and, of course, cost. …
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Growing Shiitake Mushrooms on a Log
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone, North Carolina – If you ever wanted to grow mushrooms on the homestead and make a decent wage, growing shiitake mushrooms is the way …
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Water on the Homestead: Is Filtering Well Water Necessary?
Add to Favorites Many homesteads have wells drilled for their water source. But is filtering well water necessary? There are, as usual, different thoughts on the subject. I grew up …
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Cherishing the Natural Beauty of Icelandic Sheep
We were ready to give up on the sheep business altogether when we discovered Icelandic sheep.
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5 Meat Rabbit Facts to Know Before You Buy
Raising rabbits for meat is a wonderful way to harvest your own meat in a small area. But there are some rabbit facts you should know before buying your first rabbit.
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