Snapshots and snippets of the beautiful, crazy world right out our front door.
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Ella works the new water pump.
Lighting the house with the warm glow and amazing scent of beeswax ...
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Gratitude :: Community Communication
This week has been a challenging one for our little homeschool cooperative. We experienced some group conflict as a result of diving forward into the new year without a clear set of guidelines for how we'd make group decisions or resolve disagreements. A seemingly simple decision over an upcoming ...
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Building a Tiny Home :: Winter Water
Early on in the process of building our tiny home, we needed to create systems for catching and using water. We purchased these 50 gallon, food grade barrels for $10 apiece from the local Pepsi distributor, hooked them up to the gutter of our metal-roofed home, and proceeded to catch rainwater for ...
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How to Make Black Walnut Ink
I have a bit of a tree crush on Black Walnut (Juglans nigra). I mean, how many other trees provide you with shade, gorgeous timber, sap from which to make black walnut syrup, delicious nuts, a unique liqueur, and husks from which to make natural dye and black walnut ink?
Making your own ink ...
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Celebrations
We had three celebrations last week: my birthday, Everett's birthday, and Ella losing her first tooth!
I had a bit of an urge to get out of town for my birthday, so we traveled north to Fairfield, Iowa a small, funky, new-agey town in SE Iowa. It had been highly recommended by friends for its ...
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Financial Realities of Homesteading :: Creative Employment
A few months ago, a reader wrote: How did you overcome the financial hurdles of homesteading, both starting and continuing? I am wondering if you homestead full time or if you or your husband work part time (or full time) in town. Obviously you are happily "living on less," but you also have obvious ...
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