The Best Ways to Use a Pumpkin! Pumpkins are fun to grow in your garden, carve for Halloween, and cook up for delicious fall recipes. If you raise a bumper crop or find a great deal on these festive fruits in early November, you might be wondering how to preserve,…
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How to Buy the Best Fabric For a Tight Budget
How to buy the best fabric for a tight budget. Fabric stores charge a pretty penny for those lovely fabrics. Here's how to save money!
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How to Clean Your Pantry in Winter for the Best Results
The Best Time to Clean Your Pantry Winter is one of the best times of the year to clean your pantry! Once the spring season gets underway, it can be difficult to find time to do a deep cleaning in your pantry. So why not get your pantry cleaned out…
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Christmas Air Freshener Spray!
DIY Christmas Air Freshener Spray! I make my own Christmas Air Freshener Spray with essential oils instead of buying them. The chemicals in storebought products are questionable, at best. Making my own air fresher spray is super easy. Plus it’s inexpensive, I have control over the ingredients, and it really…
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How to Forage for and Use Wild Apples
Can You Forage for and Use Wild Apples? Have you ever seen an abandoned apple tree with fruit and wondered if they are edible? The short answer is yes, they should be safe to eat. I’ve been using wild apples as a food source since I was a kid and…
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Loose Leaf Tea for Frugal Caffeine Lovers
Loose-Leaf Tea for Caffeine Lovers People love caffeine. They drink coffee, tea, and hot cocoa, or sip other caffeinated beverages such as soda or energy drinks every day…sometimes all day long. I won’t tell you that caffeine is a good thing, but I think that it’s ok for most people…
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Wanna Go Homesteady? Part 1
Finding Our Homestead So many people are interested in the homesteading lifestyle, they’re everywhere! Urbanites, suburbanites, apartment and condo dwellers, 20-somethings, and old-timers too…from all walks of life there are folks who want to move out to the country and eat a lot of peaches. In other words, they all…