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Category Archives: Homesteading
How To Tissue Paper Paint A Room
It has been almost a year since I had a bathroom put in downstairs and until this past weekend it was just the sheet rock! I knew what I wanted to do, had the paint and the tissue paper, but … Continue reading
Make Your Own Dishwasher Tabs
I already make my own dishwasher detergent, but when I saw this I wanted to give it a try. With my dishwasher detergent I also use a citric acid liquid to help get the glasses to sparkle – this recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, Homesteading
Tagged dishwasher detergent, dishwasher tabs, recipe
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Toilet Paper Seed Pots
This past weekend was glorious and truly gave me the itch to get my hands dirty and thoughts of gardening filled my head. So glad I spent all day Saturday out in the sun, since Sunday the weather turned and … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Garden, Homesteading, Recycled, Repurposed
Tagged DIY, gardening, seed starter, toilet paper rolls
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Make Your Own Laundry Detergent!
I am very sensitive to many ingredients in “traditional” laundry detergent and so is my daughter. I can go somewhere and if they use a detergent that I am sensitive to, usually by early in the day I have a … Continue reading
My Thoughts On Our Month Long Food Stamp Challenge
We are 2 days away from the end of our month long Food Stamp Challenge, and I can’t wait! This has been both difficult and easy, educational, enlightening and I am glad that we did it. The question I was … Continue reading
Food Stamp Challenge: Week 4, Quiche
I really did not have to make anything new for either breakfast or dinner, since we had enough in the freezer from earlier cooking – but I decided it would be nice to have something new. Looking at what was … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dinner, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged food stamp challenge, quiche, recipe
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 4 Groceries
We are down to our last week of our month long Food Stamp Challenge, and we are both glad about that. As I was putting the grocery list together and looking through the refrigerator and the freezer – I was … Continue reading
Food Stamp Challenge: Week 3, Mini Apple Crisps
Almost every night Stella and I say over and over again – I want something or my stomach is hungry. Not that we had dessert every night before the challenge, but we did indulge a couple of times a week. … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged apple crisp, dessert, food stamp challenge, recipe
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 3 Oat Muffins
One of the biggest challenges for Stella has been a snack after school. Stella eats lunch around 11am and get home around 4:30 – we don’t usually eat dinner until 6pm. By the time she gets home she is famished! … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading, Life, Recipes, Snacks
Tagged food stamp challenge, muffins, recipe, snack
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 4, Notes From Stella
Hooray today is the last day we are doing the food stamp challenge. This week I ate the school lunches again. One day I had cheese sticks, they were fried and another day I had grilled cheese and then I … Continue reading →