Homesteading

Homesteading, the ultimate DIY. Here you'll find tips and projects for everything from making your own preserves to raising chickens to growing your own vegetables. Get ready to go off grid! BOARD RULES: https://www.bloggers.hometalk.com/group-boards
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Discover Homesteading with homemade deodorant stick. This effective, nontoxic deodorant is made with essential oils, beeswax, shea butter, arrowroot powder, and baking soda. Perfect for supporting your health and reducing waste. Find more body care, beauty, and best feminine deodorant at growforagecookferment.com.
Homemade Deodorant Stick: Homesteading
Discover Homesteading with homemade deodorant stick. This effective, nontoxic deodorant is made with essential oils, beeswax, shea butter, arrowroot powder, and baking soda. Perfect for supporting your health and reducing waste. Find more body care, beauty, and best feminine deodorant at growforagecookferment.com.
Embrace the holiday spirit with our Christmas Champagne Cocktail! This cranberry-infused cocktail, made with a homemade spiced syrup, champagne, and whole cranberries, is the perfect addition to your festive celebrations. A must-try for fans of fresh cranberry recipes and holiday-themed drinks. Find more holiday recipes and Homesteading at growforagecookferment.com.
Christmas Champagne Cocktail: Homesteading
Embrace the holiday spirit with our Christmas Champagne Cocktail! This cranberry-infused cocktail, made with a homemade spiced syrup, champagne, and whole cranberries, is the perfect addition to your festive celebrations. A must-try for fans of fresh cranberry recipes and holiday-themed drinks. Find more holiday recipes and Homesteading at growforagecookferment.com.
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Perfect Pumpkin Biscuits
These amazing pumpkin biscuits with orange-honey butter spread are warm, comforting bites of fall! Canned pumpkin lets you whip these up in no time at all. A wonderful fall treat anyone can bake. #baking #fall #harvestrecipes #biscuitrecipe #pumpkinrecipes via @sevenoaksjeanne
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Why not free range chickens?
When raising chickens, you may want to free range your chickens. But often times it isn’t the safest option to keep your flock safe. There are many pros and cons to raising free ranging chickens. Today, I’m going to cover mostly the cons. We first started our homestead a few years ago, the plan was to raise free range chickens. It worked for a little while, but didn’t last long.
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How to Grow Salad Greens in a Window Box
Growing salad greens in a window box is an excellent way to use a small space for growing food. Once it is planted, you only need to water and harvest the plants. This summer, you can have fresh salads at your fingertips by growing lettuce, spinach, kale, and other greens in a window box container garden.
Love decorating but hate spending money? Try these farmhouse decor ideas that save me time and time again.
DIY Farmhouse Decor Ideas to Try
Love decorating but hate spending money? Try these farmhouse decor ideas that save me time and time again.
Make your own vitamin C gummy bears with this easy recipe. Combining rosehip syrup, vitamin C powder, and grass-fed gelatin, these gummies are a tasty and nutritious way to boost your immune system during cold and flu season. Find more winter wellness, healing herbal infusions, vitamin c recipes, and Homesteading at growforagecookferment.com.
Vitamin C Gummy Bears: Homesteading
Make your own vitamin C gummy bears with this easy recipe. Combining rosehip syrup, vitamin C powder, and grass-fed gelatin, these gummies are a tasty and nutritious way to boost your immune system during cold and flu season. Find more winter wellness, healing herbal infusions, vitamin c recipes, and Homesteading at growforagecookferment.com.
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Explore easy techniques to dry rosemary, ideal for preserving this aromatic herb.
Dry Your Own Rosemary: 3 Simple Methods
Explore easy techniques to dry rosemary, ideal for preserving this aromatic herb.
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Raised Bed Garden
This spring season has been very busy with transformation in the homestead garden. We added several new beds and reconfigured the garden layout a bit. I wanted to walk you through a brief raised garden bed update. And also to share what our summer goals in the garden are now that we have most of our plants out and ready to go.
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Chicken Record Keeping Binder
Track your backyard chicken flock's health, egg production, and expenses easily! Perfect for backyard chicken keepers and small-scale farmers. Get organized and boost your chicken-raising success!
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How to Grow Jonathan Apples
Jonathan apples are a variety of sweet-tart fruit similar to Macintosh apples. They are good for fresh eating, pies, and applesauce. Here's how to grow Jonathan apple trees in your backyard. #growfruit #organicgardening #growapples #jonathanapples via @sevenoaksjeanne
Embrace the fascinating art of mead making with our list of 15 best one-gallon mead recipes. Designed to make the process of crafting your own Viking Mead as simple as possible, these homebrew recipes guide you through creating an array of honey wines, each offering a unique experience in the realm of fermented drinks.
Crafting 1 Gallon of Viking Mead: Homesteading
Embrace the fascinating art of mead making with our list of 15 best one-gallon mead recipes. Designed to make the process of crafting your own Viking Mead as simple as possible, these homebrew recipes guide you through creating an array of honey wines, each offering a unique experience in the realm of fermented drinks.
Embark on an autumn adventure with our comprehensive guide to fall foraging. Learn to identify, gather, and use over 30+ types of edible wild plants and mushrooms to add a fresh, seasonal touch to your meals. Explore the beauty of the changing seasons while embracing the rewarding art of foraging. From chanterelles and acorns to elderberries and rose hips!
Fall Foraging for Beginners: 30+ Edible Wild Plants & Mushrooms
Embark on an autumn adventure with our comprehensive guide to fall foraging. Learn to identify, gather, and use over 30+ types of edible wild plants and mushrooms to add a fresh, seasonal touch to your meals. Explore the beauty of the changing seasons while embracing the rewarding art of foraging. From chanterelles and acorns to elderberries and rose hips!
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Luscious Fig Butter: Homesteading
Indulge in luscious fig butter, a fresh and healthy recipe sweetened with honey. This late summer fruit preserve, infused with lemon juice and warm spices like cinnamon, clove, and allspice, is perfect for toast, appetizers, or charcuterie boards. Find more fig recipes, fig uses, fruit preserves, and Homesteading at growforagecookferment.com.
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