Homesteading
Planting Late Summer for a Fall Garden
Do you maximize your growing season by planting a late summer garden? In late June and early July I start seeds for my fall garden. Some I start in seed trays while others I start in three inch pots. I started bush cucumbers in the seed trays which I am now transferring over to a row in the garden. (Just so you know,...
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Alternative Homesteading Life
Let’s face it. The steady decline in the quality of our lives right now is making it essential for homesteaders to re-learn and re-develop old fashioned natural living skills. Due to the current economic recession, strengthening your knowledge of homesteading life values is more important than ever. Back to basics...
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How To Make Your Own Bath Salts
You can make your own bath salts either for your use or for gifts to your family and friends. This is extremely simple to do and makes a wonderful gift. Using a baggy, add about 2 cups of Epsom salt, a drop or two of potpourri oil, and a drop of food coloring. Don’t worry… you’re not going to change...
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Canning Season
If you have a garden, by now you’ve reached the stage that it’s producing more than you and your family can eat. The next step is to can the extra to provide healthy nourishing food for you to eat all winter long when the fresh vegetables aren’t coming out of the garden. There are many ways to save your excess,...
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Clearing A New Pasture
Part of the farm is still classified as wooded. Most of the areas of buck brush and briars have been cleared out now except down by the dry creek bed at the back of the farm. This area is being left in a natural state for the wildlife. It is also a travel path for the deer making it a nice hunting spot in the fall. Yesterday...
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State Energy Grants
Almost every state has instituted some form of energy grants to help homeowner’s install more energy efficient appliances, furnaces, or alternative energy system. There are also grants to assist in weatherization or insulation of a home to make it more energy efficient. Uncle Sam has many tax incentives to help...
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From The Kitchen
Acorn Squash Stuffed With Apples
Ingredients 2 acorn squash, halved and seeded 2 tablespoons stick margarine ¾...
Preserve Peppers To Use In The Winter
All summer you have had nice fresh peppers to use in your cooking and with the coming...
Ingredients: 2 lbs Beef Roast (any will do- Chuck or Arm) adjust amount according...
Ingredients: 12 green tomatoes, cored and quartered 3 medium green bell peppers,...
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Ingredients: 16 oz Pumpkin puree 3 1/2 cups Flour (not...
Most people posting recipes will post a recipe common to their geographical region....
Cajun Sausage and Veggie Casserole
Ingredients: 1 lb. sausage (your favorite Hot)- if links skin and cut 1 peeled...
Ingredients: 1 Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Pineapple Supreme Cake Mix 1 1/3 Cups Pineapple...
Ingredients 2 Fresh Ducks (approx. 5 lbs) 1 cup Balsamic Vinaigrette 2 tbsp Butter 6 Green...
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Gardening
Planting Late Summer for a Fall Garden
Do you maximize your growing season by planting a late summer garden? In late June...
Almost Time To Start Your Garden Seeds
It’s almost that time of year (depending upon where you live) to get your seeds...
Recycle Cardboard and Newspaper As Garden Mulch
You can turn a space into a garden plot, simply by utilizing a blanket of cardboard...
Creativity is the mother of invention. People throughout the years have always found...
Greenhouses Don’t Have To Be Expensive
There are many options available to anyone wishing to grow their own produce. Not...
Mastering the Carbon Cycle: Waste to Usable Soil
Man has been controlling the direction of the planet’s evolution whether intentional...
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