Posts Tagged ‘tips’
Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Make it yourself
June 30th, 2009
Just about every thing can be made at home. We don’t have to rely on manufacturers for our daily provisions. Homesteading is about simplifying, not always the easiest route, but the simplest is the goal.
If you’ve not had the chance to see this video, I’d suggest you do so. Such a convenience food that we are consuming mass quantities of and it is so very simple to make it yourself:
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Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Sometimes ‘going with your gut’ is good.
May 5th, 2009
This Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading is: Sometimes ‘going with your gut’ is good.
What exactly does it mean to ‘go with your gut’?
Well, it’s like this, the almanac has said we should have our peas in the ground weeks ago. I’ve been anguished over this date on the calendar for quite some time. My ‘gut’ says: DON’T PLANT YET! While trying to shake the feeling of being a lazy-good-for-nothin’, I’ve just sprouted some for transplanting soon. When is soon? I hope by the posting of this entry – it already happened but I am going with my gut.
You see there is a time to rely on what you feel and a time to push through (that’s another Tuesday’s Tip, pushing through) what you feel.
Does the land feel ready for planting? Did you have a snow/freeze in April last year? These things play into your gut reaction to what to do around the homestead. The list of what should be done when may not always be accurate. It may often be timely but sometimes, you just *know* what needs doing even if it’s out of order, or not doing, because you just know the time isn’t right yet.
Don’t be afraid to ‘go with your gut’ on some things. What’s the worst that could happen? You’d learn something? Or you’d learn that in THAT situation – go ahead and push through (see the next week’s tip!)
Best Blessings and enJOY the journey!
Donna Miller
Donna Miller is a work-from-home wife and mother. She delighted to share her trials and triumphs of learning to homestead anywhere. The Millers own and operate Millers Grain House which offers Organic and Chemical-free Whole Grains, Bosch Mixers, the NutriMill, instructional tutorials, recipes and more.
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Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Heirloom Seeds
April 21st, 2009
If you’ve not been homesteading long or are just beginning, it may be tempting to go to your local farmer’s market and buy some of those nice, pest-resistant, hybrid plants that are supposedly easier to grow. After all, they are ‘made’ to be more user friendly right? Well, that depends.
They are often genetically modified plants (GMO) that have had artificial genes grafted into their make up to make them resist draught or blight or bugs. That’s why some tomatoes don’t really taste like a tomato. Not only that, but by being hybrids, they are sterile or infertile for next year’s seeds. The plant you grow this year will not produce seeds for next year’s garden. You get to go spend money again on another hybrid seed.
Heirloom seeds will give you seeds to use each year from the crops they grow. Eat them this year, dry and save some for next year. Repeat. Now that’s money in the bank!
Take a look at this place that offers heirloom seeds with fast, free shipping:
Grow a Patriot Garden
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Homesteading Tips – Visual Aid
April 14th, 2009
If you are making the move from suburbia/city to rural living, there can be quite an exciting learning curve. Even if you aren’t making the ‘move’ physically, you may be moving to a more frugal, do-it-yourself type way of life no matter where you live.
If that is the case, please check out this youtube channel for some visual aides on saving money and the journey to homesteading. http://www.youtube.com/user/thewheatguy
Sometimes seeing helps the learning process.
As the weather warms – it is our hope to add some of the gardening and outdoor work of building this little slice of earth into our working homestead. We may change channels for that, but for now, we’re on the one above. Hope you join us in our homesteading journey!
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Stop tossing tomatoes!
October 14th, 2008
Tips to saving grocery money: Stop Tossing Tomatoes
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