It's a heartbreaking moment... When you first realize your homegrown eggs are costing you more than what you'd pay for eggs at the store... The current state of mass food production has duped us into believing things like milk, eggs, and grains cost much less than they actually do or should. For example: Even though we have our own milk cow, our milk technically costs me MORE than it would to simply buy a gallon at the ...Continue Reading
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39 Ways to Make Money Homesteading
"Eh... So where does your money come from?" Hands down, this is the question I get the most often... And if people aren't asking it, I can tell they are thinking it. ;) First off, let's clarify a few things: Like I mentioned in my homestead myth-busting post, becoming a modern homesteader doesn't necessarily mean you head for the hills, go completely off-grid, and live off the land entirely. (Although I suppose you could go ...Continue Reading
Lemongrass – How to Grow It and Use It
By Anni Winings, contributing writer I first came across lemongrass while visiting a farmer's market in Florida while we were traveling. The little old man handed me a bunch of lemongrass stalks and said, "You put those in water and they grow again." He picked up another stalk and showed me how to chop it and use the inner part of the lemongrass. It smelled amazing when he chopped it up, and I bought a couple of bunches of ...Continue Reading
Our Deep Mulch Garden: Final Wrap-Up
I've fallen in love with gardening all over again. As many of you know, 2014 was the first year I ventured into the world of deep mulch gardening. Considering it's October, I figured it was time to take final inventory of my experience and type out my thoughts and revelations (mostly because I know I'll forget come next year...) To sum it up? Deep mulch gardening is the best thing that's ever happened to my ...Continue Reading
11 Creative Ways to Use Old Egg Cartons
My name is Jill and I am an egg carton hoarder. It's not entirely my fault though... Well, sort of... People know we have chickens, so people give us egg cartons. Lot of 'em. Which is awesome, because we do need egg cartons. But we probably don't need hundreds... *a-hem* I guess I just have a hard time saying "no" to a good carton. Therefore, I have a giant, precarious stack of them in my basement that falls over and whacks me in ...Continue Reading