When we moved to Missouri, three years ago, we had a lot of homesteading experience, but absolutely no experience living off-grid. Sure, we loved to backpack and camp and knew we could "rough it" for a while, but the experience of living for years with no running water, no electricity, and no ...
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Lighting with Beeswax Candles
For well over a year, while building our tiny house, we lit our home with beeswax candles. Although our home is now equipped with solar electricity and LED lights, we still occasionally enjoy using beeswax candles for their warm glowing light and amazing scent. In the process of becoming so intimate ...
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2015 Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday gift giving is an wonderful opportunity to stretch your crafty muscles and to support small businesses. If you're feeling particularly DIY this season, this post has you covered with 100+ handmade gift ideas (if you are pressed for time, try one of these ideas). But if you'd like to support ...
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Braised Turnips and Apples Recipe
Two storage crops that we have an abundance of this year are turnips and apples. Turnips did remarkably well in the garden (and of course, I over-planted), so we have a large bed of turnips in the ground and ready for harvest! We also have 8 or so bushels of apples from local orchards ...
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