As the daylight hours grow longer, it's rare that I climb in bed until well after 11pm. Still, I try to prepare for sleep by reading and have a giant stack of in-progress books above my bed. Although I'm a sucker for a good novel, I can't read them before bed because I get drawn in to the story and ...
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Preventing Tick Bites on the Homestead
I've seen a lot of posts on Facebook about this being a bad year for ticks. Ticks are no fun. In addition to being disease-carrying creatures, they tend to gross people out. Honestly, I'm immune to their ick factor, having pulled hundreds out of my family. But, I do give ticks a great deal of ...
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How we Afford to Homestead
"I'm sure people ask you this a lot, I'll ask again. How do you support yourselves? I understand spending money is probably a fraction of what city people pay. But a drivers license costs money, property tax. I have no doubt that we could simply go live off the land. but, money, even if it's a ...
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The April Garden
Our April garden can be summed up in two words: Greens and Weeds.
With long days, abundant rain, and a few stretches of 70+ degree days, the tiny greens sown in March have grown into tender and delicious salads. And we're still harvesting the spinach and kale that was overwintered under row ...
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Whole30: A Homesteader’s Experience
Beginning on January 1st I have been participating in the Whole30 program. Whole30's website describes the program as "short-term nutritional reset, designed to help you put an end to unhealthy cravings and habits, restore a healthy metabolism, heal your digestive tract, and balance your immune ...
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Living Without Running Water
For the past 5 years, our family has been living without running water. Instead, we live with what I have heard referred to as "walking water." In our case, the walking part has been quite literal - walking hundreds of gallons of water in buckets from one place to another.
I ...
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