Good tools make jobs faster, homesteading more enjoyable, and tasks easier. Sure, good homesteading tools cost more money, but they are usually well worth the investment, as a quality tool will last for years. We started collecting tools when we first moved onto a rental homestead in 1999, and ...
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17 Tools Homesteaders Can’t Live Without
Train Travel with Kids (on a Homesteader’s Budget)
Because we love to travel, and because our family and dear friends live in opposite corners of the United States, we spend a fair amount of time traversing the country. Our preferred method of transportation is by train, on the Amtrak. I tend to get a lot of questions about train travel, ...
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Out the Front Door
{Out the Front Door:
An occasional series featuring snapshots and snippets of homestead life, right out our front door.}
This spring has felt particularly full, as we've finally hit our stride as small business owners, while simultaneously increasing the food growing, making, and storing capacity ...
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How to Bake in a Solar Oven
When we first moved to NE Missouri, we purchased a Sun Oven brand solar oven. It came highly recommended by our friends and neighbors, and we were able to do a group purchase for a small discount. Three years later, I can say with certainty that it is one of the most useful tools on our ...
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