An area of our homestead infrastructure that we spend A LOT of time thinking about, worrying about, and being creative about, is water. As we are living completely off-grid, we have to figure out ways to source water for drinking, bathing, washing dishes, cooking, watering the garden, watering ...
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Homestead Waterworks
Gardening with Children
Gardening is both a passion of mine and a way of life, and it's important to me that my children experience the joys of digging in the earth and growing food. Gardening with young children is really quite wonderful - yes, you might have to re-do a few plantings, and some tasks do take a bit ...
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Spring on the Homestead
Like so many homesteaders I talk with these days, we are in the midst of our busiest season. Summer harvest days can also be full, but there is nothing like the surge of spring energy to tackle lists of tasks that have accumulated all winter long! Here's a glimpse into what's happening on our ...
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Making Felt Easter Eggs
A great hands-on homeschooling project that is perfect for Easter is making felted wool eggs. Recently, I was inspired by the beautiful tutorial at Living Felt, and had the necessary materials on hand - eggs, wool roving, soap and water, and needle felting needles - to try this at home with my ...
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