Tag: Save money

Learn to Save Money with Old-Fashioned Methods: Money-saving Advice from the Past

Self-sufficiency and sustainability are buzzwords—not only used in the close-knit homesteading community,…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Beginning and Ending with Seeds: Starting, Growing, and Saving Seeds

A garden offers some truly great benefits to those who undertake the…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Waste Not, Want Not: Repurposing on the Homestead

Growing up in the rural Midwest, and being a child not unlike…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters

Celebrate a Buy-Nothing Christmas

It always surprises me how quickly we are encouraged to move from…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle

There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Indoor Gardening in Winter

Those of us who live in areas of early frost, dread to…

Dorothy Rieke Dorothy Rieke

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings

Winter is a lot like death and taxes… it’s one of the…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Decorating with Mother Nature

The holidays are almost here and one of my favorite things to…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Bake in Bulk to Save Time and Money

Cooking and baking from scratch are hallmarks of the homesteading movement.  In…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Raising Dairy Goats: Personality and Ice Cream on the Homestead

You've got your veggie gardens planted and your free-range chickens are happily…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

The Benefits of Biochar in the Garden (and How to Make Your Own)

Summer is here at last and I have charcoal on my brain. …

Magdalena Alvarez Magdalena Alvarez

If You Can’t Stand the Heat… Cook Outside

The heat of summer makes cooking in the kitchen more of a…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores