Homemade Color-Safe Bleach Saves Cash I used to buy plastic bottles of color-safe ‘bleach’ but the cost really added up. Now I make my own with two simple ingredients that I already had on hand. You’ll save money and reduce your plastic waste on laundry with these easy instructions for…
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How to Feed Pumpkins to Chickens
How to Feed Pumpkins to Chickens & Other Poultry Chickens love to peck at vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers to supply a variety of nutrients to their diet. Pumpkins and winter squash are an autumn favorite for backyard chickens… and for good reason. I feed pumpkins to chickens because these…
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How to Treat Thin Eggshells in Your Laying Hens
How to Treat Hens that Lay Eggs with Thin Eggshells It’s so frustrating to reach into a nestbox and find a gooey egg broken open because your hens are laying eggs with thin eggshells. There are many reasons that fresh eggs may have thin or soft shells. You may need…
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Save Money with Homemade Mouthwash
Homemade Mouthwash to Save Some Cash Are you looking for ways to save money and still keep your breath fresh and clean? I like using mouthwash to rinse my teeth after meals and snacks. However, I hate shelling out a bunch of money for bottles of mouthwash packaged in a…
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How to Save Money on Eggs
How to Save Money on Eggs With prices on the rise, you might be wondering how to save money on eggs. You might even be wondering if it’s worthwhile to get laying hens for your own farm-fresh eggs. For some people, a few chickens might be a great way to…
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Egg Tracker Freebie for Your Chicken Journal
Free Chicken Journal Egg Tracker Sheet Do you want to track the daily egg production of your laying hens? Keeping notes about chicken-keeping tasks, flock health, feed consumption, and egg production helps you stay organized. It also gives insight into the cost of your final product, those yummy eggs. 🍳…
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Garden Journal Freebie – Seed Inventory Log
Printable Gardener’s Journal Page – Seed Inventory Log Grab this lovely Seed Inventory Log Freebie for keeping track of the seeds you purchase or save from your garden each year. This worksheet is one of a series of Garden Journal Pages I’ve created and shared for anyone to download. You…
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Garden Layout Planner Page Freebie
Free Garden Layout Planner Page Are you trying to plan your garden layout but you don’t have any graph paper? If you don’t want to buy graph paper to plan your garden once a year, this Garden Layout Planner page comes in handy! Just download the PDF to save or…
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Garden Journal – Plant Basics Worksheet Freebie
Gardener’s Journal Freebie – Plant Basics Worksheet Are tired of looking up basic plant-growing information? Do you keep forgetting when to start your tomato seeds indoors? Or maybe you’re researching the best crops for your climate and need a handy sheet for recording all of that important info. I get…
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Free Printable Winter Garden Chores Checklist
Free Winter Garden Chores Checklist Are you struggling to keep your gardening chores organized and completed at the proper time of year? Sometimes I have trouble remembering all of the winter garden chores that need to be completed, so I created the following Winter Garden Chores Checklists to help me…
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Print Decorative Mason Jar Labels For Free
Free Printable Mason Jar Labels Are you tired of paying for fancy labels to decorate your home-canned goodies and mason jar mixes? I like giving jars of preserves and homemade goodies as gifts and I used to purchase sticky labels to decorate them. But the cost really adds up and…
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How to Naturally Treat Scaly Leg Mites in Chickens
Treat scaly leg mites in chickens naturally and inexpensively with products you already have at home. Protect your flock from these parasites!
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How to Forage for Free Chicken Feed
Foraging for Free Chicken Feed Chickens love to forage for their own greens, insects, and worms but not everyone can allow their flock out to free-range. If you are short on pasture for your hens or the threat of predators is too great, you can gather food for them! Foraging…
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Make Non-Dairy Milk for Self-Reliance
How to Make Your Own Non-Dairy ‘Milk’ Do you wish to eat a plant-based diet or are you looking for ways to increase self-reliance and reduce waste? Learning to make your own non-dairy milk is a great way to achieve these goals! Now, I’m not vegan (or even vegetarian) but…
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How to Make Natural Garden Supplies
Create Natural Garden Supplies & Save Money Are you tired of shelling out your hard-earned cash for potting soil, pest control, fertilizers, and other products for your backyard garden? I completely understand the frustration! Although I occasionally need to buy organic fertilizers and other garden supplies, I make most of…
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How to Make Natural Pest Traps for Your Garden
Natural Pest Traps for Your Garden Are you tired of patrolling your garden and orchard for pests? Sick of handpicking or spraying your vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers with toxic chemicals? I know how you feel! It seems like there is never enough time to do everything necessary for keeping…