DIY ‘Sports Drink’ Homemade sports drinks are a great way to rehydrate and save money. I love working out in my garden and being outside, but some days I feel like I can’t drink enough water to stay hydrated. I don’t want to keep store-bought sports drinks on hand for…
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How to Make Sour Cream in a Yogurt Maker
How to Make Sour Cream In a Yogurt Maker When I first started creating homemade yogurt, cheese, and butter I had no idea how many other dairy products you can make at home. Sour cream is a delicious dairy product you can create with just 2 or 3 ingredients. There…
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How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed
How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed Saving money on chick feed is an important part of raising an efficient flock of laying hens. Are you tired of spending more money feeding your flock than you would spend on eggs at the store? I’ve been there! I took a…
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Can You Really Save Money With Coupons?
Coupons: Are They Worth Clipping? We used to buy the Sunday paper and I enjoyed clipping coupons to save a few bucks. However, I find fewer coupons in the paper for products I use these days. This has a lot to do with changes in my purchasing habits. Over the…
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Lazy Scrubbies
Lazy Scrubbies I have several scrubby pads that work great for washing dishes and cleaning. My Mom gave me some and I purchased several at a farmers market. They last a long time and can be made from recycled mesh bags (the kind that oranges and onions are packaged in). I…
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My Redneck Brooder Box
My Redneck Brooder Box It feels a lot like spring on my homestead today. The sun is shining, temps in the 50s, and a whole bunch of chicks are peeping in the incubator in my dining room. Two incubators are humming away on my Grandma’s buffet. One has ducklings due…
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Redneck RV Rebuild
An Interesting Visit My parents decided to take a trip in their RV to Alaska this summer to visit my sister. They’ve done this before and had a pretty good idea of what to expect…except that this time their RV succumbed to water damage. They didn’t know that water had…
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Frugal Milk, Cheese & Yogurt
Save on Frugal Milk and Dairy Products I started buying milk from the store again after I sold my goats… and I really miss their fresh milk but the cost of keeping goats wasn’t sustainable for my family. It was wonderful to make our own cheese, yogurt, kefir, and other…
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Cooking Pork Hocks
You might also be interested in reading my post How to Cook with a Wood Stove. Locally Raised Pork We no longer purchase our meat from the grocery store. All of our poultry is raised at home and we buy grass-fed beef and naturally raised pork from local farmers. I…
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12 Ways to Save Money on Chicken Feed
Are you looking for ways to reduce your chicken feed bill? Tired of paying a lot more for home-raised eggs than for storebought? Tips to save $ on feed!
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Sprouting Wheat For Chicken Feed
For an inexpensive source of wheat berries or other sprouting seeds, check into Starting a Buying Club. Sprouting Seeds and Growing Fodder I’ve read quite a bit about growing fodder for your livestock over the last year or so. It sounds like a great idea to give them some green…
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How to Save Money with a Buying Club
You can save money by ordering food and goods through buying clubs! Here is what you need to know before you get started on your savings.
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Baking from Scratch on the Homestead
Check out my recipes for Homemade Muffin Mix, Dark Chocolate Cake, and Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins! Why Ditch the Mix? As a kid I remember making all of our own cakes, pies, cookies, and muffins from scratch. It wasn’t until I got a bit older that I remember having cake mixes…
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How to Make Egg Noodles
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Check out my post on What to do With Extra Eggs. Homemade Egg Noodles If you’ve never made your own egg noodles, you don’t know what you’re missing! I don’t make my own pasta very often, since it is pretty inexpensive at the store. However,…
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Muffin Mix for Prepping or Giving
Make Ahead Muffin Mix Last year I shared two recipes for muffin mixes you can make ahead for your own baking, or to give away as gifts. Having these mixes on hand gives you a quick way to whip up a batch of homemade goodies when company is coming…
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Dark Chocolate Cake
Who Doesn’t Love Chocolate Cake?! I make this dark chocolate cake for my husband because he’s a huge dark chocolate fan. He’s also a fan of healthy foods, so I try to make our desserts as guilt-free as I can. Usually. I used mostly organic ingredients (including Organic Fair…