Make a batch of homemade pumpkin butter from your homegrown pumpkins! Make a delicious and treat that is inexpensive when using real pumpkins!
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DIY Peppermint Foot Balm – Easy Recipe
This peppermint foot balm is easy and inexpensive to make. Apply to tired, cracked feet to help soothe and heal your skin. Use on hands, and face too!
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DIY Flower and Veggie Row Markers
Create your own flower and veggie row markers for your garden! These garden row markers were made with scrap wood and painted for free and simple stakes!
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How to Make Peach Freezer Jam from Fresh or Frozen Peaches
Make a batch of easy peach freezer jam using fresh or frozen peaches and less sugar than most freezer jam. Bonus: Mango-Peach jam -no pectin or white sugar!
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Maple Spice Applesauce – Easy Recipe!
This maple spice applesauce recipe is a delicious twist on traditional applesauce. Lightly sweetened and flavored with maple, cinnamon, and nutmeg...yum!
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How to Make Gardening Hand and Skin Salve
Make your very own batch of garenders' hand salve for healing dry cracked skin or for giving as a gift to the gardener or DIY expert on your list!
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DIY Non-Toxic Air Freshener Spray with Essential Oils
You can make your own non-toxic air freshener spray with as few as 2 ingredients! It couldn't be any easier to make and you don't have to worry about breathing in artificial chemicals.
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How to Preserve the Harvest Like a Pro!
Learn to can, dehydrate, pickle, freeze, and ferment your food! Save money and live a more self-reliant life by putting up the harvest from your homestead!
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50+ Ways to Save Money on the Homestead
These ideas to save money on the homestead aren't just for homesteaders! Many of them can be used by anyone, anywhere! Share your tips too!
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How to Freeze or Can Pumpkins and Winter Squash
How to freeze and safely can your pumpkins and winter squash. Save pumpkins and winter squash for later with these preservation methods!
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How to Preserve Garlic – 4 Storage Methods
Preserve garlic with one of these handy methods! Learn how to store garlic in your root cellar or freezer, pickle garlic or dehydrate it for storage!
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How to Repel Mosquitoes and Treat Bites Naturally
Repel mosquitoes and stop their bites from itching with this simple homemade spray! Made with all-natural, non-toxic ingredients with a great scent!
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Chiles Rellenos – Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe
Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe Inspired by Chiles Rellenos I created this recipe for stuffed poblano peppers as an inexpensive and healthier version of the Chiles Rellenos we enjoy from a local Mexican restaurant. It’s one of my favorite places to eat and the meals aren’t expensive, but we don’t eat…
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LiteSpan 2in1 LED Floor Lamp Review
Disclosure: We received one LiteSpan 2in1 LED Floor Lamp free of charge (retail value: $42.99 at the time of this writing). Brightech did not pay us for the review, nor did they have any input into it. All opinions are my own. Part of maintaining a sustainable homestead – not…
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How to Preserve Your Garden Harvest
Learn how to preserve your garden harvest. Notes on the easiest methods to preserve fruits and veggies!
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Burdock and Black Beans with Pasta – Foraged Recipe
This recipe for Burdock with Black Beans and Pasta is a dish I created to use more wild foods foraged from our homestead. It's a cheap and delicious meal!