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01. 18. 16

Crocheting for winter: hairpin lace

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Hairpin lace crochet scarf

I (Modern Pioneer’s wife) began to crochet last year—I posted about it, then went silent for a while as I got busy. I made a few items; some scarves, a pair of wristlets (like gloves but with no fingers), a prayer shawl. I even started [Read More]

09. 07. 15

End of Summer Harvesting, The Loaded Plants..

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This growing season has been a tough one…. From constant rain to drought…. Growing food has been a challenge this year and the harvest has been spotty. Years ago, when I began this adventure, I looked at understanding that some food is ready early, some [Read More]

10. 24. 14

Making The Carved Pumpkins Last, The Solution

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Carving pumpkins has been a enjoyable time of year… It is always a great time to visit another local farm and go pick our pumpkins from the rows upon rows of all sorts of different pumpkins. Often, I can see what the pumpkin is going [Read More]

11. 13. 12

Bartering…. Getting Clever For Wintertime

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Dotted all over the countryside are little known wintertime hot spots that you can barter for wintertime space for your own gain. You can exchange labor for a 4×4 space or you could barter for a larger space. Privately owned greenhouse owners are always eager [Read More]

10. 25. 12

Free Organic Materials, Labor Free…

Posted in: Everyday Stuff, Frugal Living, Gardening, Gardening Resources, Homesteading, Off the Land, Projects, Repurposing & Upcycling, Trash to Treasure
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Keeping up with the Jones, well that has benefits that I like… Most suburbs have little trees, then comes country suburbs where they have trees but have a desire to keep their lawns spotless and perfect. In my neck of the woods, where the Deer [Read More]

09. 17. 12

So Your New To This and Your Looking Where To Begin?

Posted in: Dehydrating, Homesteading Tutorials, Life, Projects, Repurposing & Upcycling
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Like Peddlers peddling all sorts of Elixirs for everything that is wrong with you, so are people blogging and giving the information they know or think to believe to be true. Recently a community member said you didn’t need to buy books, everything was on [Read More]

09. 02. 12

The Old Canning Jar Project, Be A Interesting Host

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I want to get right into it, and I am willing to share the links after we stroll through the project so you can get those products if you want or bookmark this page to follow up on a later date….. So I only had [Read More]

08. 10. 12

Re-Claiming and Makng Useful Stuff (Pictures)

Posted in: Everyday Stuff, Frugal Living, Projects, Raising Chickens, Repurposing & Upcycling, Trash to Treasure
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There is a lot to be said about keeping things you “might” use in the near future, then comes along the rules of how long to keep it. I know on at least a half dozen times, I have stuck to the rules. But wouldn’t [Read More]

07. 26. 12

How To Process More Tomatoes and Make Seedless/Semi-Seedless Jams

Posted in: Canning, Gardening Tutorials, Homesteading, Preserving Food, Projects, Seasonal
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I am ready to still continue making my own food if power is lost for long periods of time. I know how and have the proper equipment to manually prepare my own food for long term storage. But for now, I have power and I [Read More]

07. 24. 12

The Blah, Blah, Blah’s and the Rewards

Posted in: Canning, Dehydrating, Everyday Stuff, Frugal Living, Gardening, Gathering, Homesteading, Homesteading Tutorials, Life, Off the Land, Preserving Food, Projects, Repurposing & Upcycling, Seasonal
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Some days seem to be harder than most days here on the homestead with life, work, family and putting up your own food. Some days, there isn’t enough hours in a day to get completed what you tend to get done knowing you have many [Read More]

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