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Springtime on the Homestead
Prepper Series: Part 3 Necessities for hygiene.
As we cover necessities and non food items to be stored, there are going to be items that may not apply to you or some that I have left off that do. I will do my best to address as many as I can. This post will focus on hygiene because the "necessities" category is …
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Prepper Series Part 2: Water
This second part of the series is equally as important as part 1, food. Lets face it, you cannot live without water. You can fast from food for a long time. You can survive without a meal. You cannot survive without water. Water is necessary for cooking, hygiene and sanitation. There are two kinds of …
Prepping Series Part 1: Food
One of the places we store our food. This shelf has dry canned goods as well as wet canned foods, seed, and the recipe box. *Welcome! When I began this series the tragic fire at Tyson foods and the closure of four Del Monte factories had not been on my radar. We (as in this …
Feathery Hope
It wasn't too long ago that we hit a major slump. Okay, I did. My husband has been working a long-distance job for nearly 2 years. Somewhere at the year and half-mark, I started to slip. I had tried everything to be positive. I had wracked my brain about projects, to-do list items, anything that …
Homesteading for Profit
This is probably one of the most important and least talked about subjects concerning homesteading. If you aren't into the homesteading community, you may not know this, but we have a variety of sources, meeting opportunities, and learning conferences. There are people across the United States and in other countries that are all connected by …
5 things to bring back into the kitchen.
This list is completely based on my own experience and a little research. I know there are 'top tens', 'best 5', 'most recommended', lists everywhere and about every subject. But I'm in the kitchen, making supper and thought, man, people need to know about some of these items. What got my attention? The first item …
Teaching kids to homestead.
When we started our homestead journey, we knew that one of the biggest benefits to it would be teaching our kids to homestead. The set of skills and knowledge they would gain would not just apply to homestead, but life itself. Whether they choose to homestead in the future or not. Homesteading teaches about relationships, …
