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What to look for/avoid when purchasing property?
Morning everyone, It's hard for me to believe the time for looking for property is here but after selling our house, in less then 12hrs after it was listed, yesterday my husband and I are seriously looking to see what we can find. We've been researching ways to find land/property for cheap and certain things to be careful…
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Making biodiesel
I know that I've posted articles on types of housing construction, how about looking into another need for homesteading: Fuel. I personally wouldn't be doing this in my home kitchen, but if I had an outdoor one. Could be a cost savings for things such as farm tractors.
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How and why to prune or trim plant and tree roots
I joined a master gardening program in my state. For our first group plant sale the lady running it showed us how to pot plants and she trimmed plants roots! I was shocked. I was always under the impression you disturbed the roots as little as possible and here she is with scissors or clippers, giving them a massive…
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Create you own backyard nursery
You may buy a lot of plants, find a great sale or have friends gift you plants, trees and shrubs, but all of a sudden you have too many plants and need to put them somewhere until you can get them in the ground. Having one area, close to water and in partial shade will help you care for the plants and help keep you on a…
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How do you dye your Easter eggs?
How do you dye your Easter eggs? This is how we do it: Collect young leaves and flowers. Cut thin cloth in squares big enough to wrap an egg Place herbs on a cloth in an ornament you wish Place an egg on the herbs and carefully wrap it with a cloth and tighten the cloth with a thread Fill a pot with onion skills and cold…
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Greenhouse made with 4 hula hoops
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Dremel projects
This came up on Insteading. @Denise Grant has her topic on barn wood. Some of these would work really well. An old barn wood spoon? I love the old CD backsplash. And the tiny barbeque grill is just adorable.
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Another rainwater harvesting article
This just popped up on Grit's website.