When the summer heat gets to be too intense, or when I'm on vacation, I love nothing more than to sit with a good book. Some days I get sucked into a good novel, but most of the time, I'm expanding my homesteading knowledge with a book about gardening, building, caring for animals, or anything else ...
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Summer Homestead Reading List
A Homestead Outdoor Kitchen
Yesterday we did something we've kind of been putting off for a few weeks: We moved our entire indoor kitchen to our outdoor kitchen set-up, in anticipation of the plastering and flooring work that needs to happen this season.
If you do a quick Google or Pinterest search for images of "Outdoor ...
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Strawberry-Chia Water Kefir
When the summer heat and humidity hit, I have strong cravings for cold sweet beverages - the kinds of drinks I rarely purchase - like coconut water, ridiculous froo-froo coffee drinks with lots of w
hipped cream, and recently, overpriced chia seed kombucha beverages.
Last week, our friend and ...
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In the Garden :: June
The recent rains and subsequent hot, humid weather have caused an explosion of growth in the garden. Although interestingly, I can hardly recognize the amazing growth and changes without going back to look at photos from my "online garden journal" (last month's entry is here).
Perhaps the biggest ...
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