Category: On the Homestead
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7 Reasons to Skip the Spray
When I was a kid, dandelion was one of my favorite flowers. I never thought of it as a weed, it was too pretty for that classification. I remember picking it in the field at recess and making dandelion chains which we wore proudly as bracelets, necklaces, and flower crowns. And the fluffy seed heads…
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What to Read This Winter
This post-holiday, pre-spring stretch of the year can feel pretty gloomy. We’re past the solstice, but it is most definitely still winter. Days are still short, weather is still cold, storms are still storming. If you’re anything like me the moment the holiday decorations come down you get the itch to start planting and working…
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12 Months of Homesteading Skills
Feeling the pull to homestead, but not in a position to live your homesteading dreams just now? I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I will say it again, homesteading is a lifestyle, not a location. Regardless of where you live, you can start building homestead skills now. As with most anything, it takes time…
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Linden Bough Homestead
What does it mean to be a homesteader? For years the term “homestead” referred to lands granted through a government land program made possible through the Homestead Acts of the late 19th and early 20th century. The Homestead Acts were a series of laws in the United States which gave citizens or future citizens the…
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DIY All-Purpose Cleaning Spray
Is it just me or do lemons just smell clean? Maybe it’s the fact that most commercial cleaners are lemon scented so we’re conditioned to think that, or maybe it’s just that lemons (and citrus fruits in general) are so fresh and bright. I don’t know, but when I clean I like things to be…