Homesteading

Breaking up with the supermarket

How to Break Up with Your Supermarket

Back in the beginning of your relationship, it seemed like the supermarket had so much to offer. Then one day, you woke up and the honeymoon was over.

Canning potatoes is my favorite method of preserving them for the following year. They taste amazing (much better than store bought canned potatoes), and they’re really convenient to heat and eat. #ReadyNutrition

How To Can Potatoes

Canning potatoes is my favorite method of preserving them for the following year. They taste amazing (much better than store bought canned potatoes), and they’re really convenient to heat and eat.

How To Grow Pineapples Like a Pro!

Pineapples are a whiz to grow. If you plant them in the right place they need virtually no care and will thrive.

How To Grow Spinach

Spinach is an easy and highly nutritious leafy green to add to the garden this year. For those who are just starting out growing vegetables, this one is a great choice!

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How to Make Lucky Sherpa Plantain Salve

Harness the healing powers of plantain with this Lucky Sherpa Salve recipe.

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How To Prepare an Herb Garden in Winter

Spring will be here before you know it, so get those green thumbs moving! Here is some great information for starting your herb garden indoors to get a head start.

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How to Preserve Your Bumper Crop

Your bumper crop has arrived! Now what do you do with it? Here are some great suggestions and recipes for preserving your crop.

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How to Select the Best Grow Light for Your Indoor Garden

With the price of food on a steady incline, more people are making an effort to grow their own food sources at home. While having a functioning garden is easy during the warm summer months, when the days get shorter in the fall, gardeners have to get creative in helping plants grow.

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Improve Your Food Forest By Adding Density

Why is it that we find wandering through a lush woodland a wonderful thing… yet fight against lush growth on our own properties?

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In Ground Composting

When we were growing our own food space was very important. We had a good sized garden, but not massive, and compost heaps take up a lot of room.

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Is Another Biblical Plague On Its Way?

It’s not enough that we are battling a food shortage, but now we will have to protect what is left of our food from cicadas. Learn some natural ways to repel this nuissance from your garden.

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Is Progress Always a Change for the Better?

Self-reliance should be on every school timetable because one day, we will only have ourselves to rely on.

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