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Which Chicken Breed is Right for Your Homestead? What Chicken Breed is Right for Your Homestead? If you are just starting out on your homesteading adventure, chickens are a great way to begin with livestock. Whether you have a budding, city backyard or a bustling, rural acreage, getting a coop …

16 Genius Reasons To Keep Your Old Tea Bags Being sustainable and eco-friendly means using things that you already have available to you, including used tea bags. To many people think that tea bags are a one-time deal; one bag is one cup of tea, right? Not exactly! You will …

How to Make Gummy Bears How to Make Gummy Bears /shutterstock Have you ever wished that you could make your own gummy bears? Making homemade regular and sour gummy bears is surprisingly easy, and you only need a few ingredients! Compared to the ingredients on the package from the store, …

Health WARNINGS Your Fingernails May Be Showing You Shannon Kringen via flickr Fingernail can tell us a lot about our health, the texture and color can reflect a variety of health conditions. Investigate your fingernails on a regular basis and you may see unobtrusive varieties in the color or texture – …

20 Ways To Make Your Car Cleaner Than It’s Ever Been Looking for some car cleaning tip? Searching for easier ways to clean your car?  It’s rough trying to make sure that everything else is clean, so starting with the car might make me feel better else where in my …

Homemade Plant Food: Nourishing Your Green Thumb Homemade Plant Food Gardening enthusiasts often strive to provide their plants with the best care possible, and one crucial aspect of plant health is proper nutrition. While commercial plant foods are readily available, creating homemade plant food can be a cost-effective and satisfying …

How to Clean and Care for Cast Iron Cookware How to Clean and Care for Cast Iron Cookware Cast iron cookware may be more expensive upfront, but they last for generations. Parents can pass their cast iron cookware down to their children if they learn how to clean and care …

Who Knew You Could Do So Much With Command Hooks? youtube: Thaitrick Plastic hooks are just about what you need for a day to day ease of the little things that you might be ignorant about. They work perfectly to lift the irritant of having little things bothering you. Here …

30 Reasons Every Home Should Have a Box of Borax on Hand Borax, also known as sodium borate, is a mineral salt of boric acid. Commonly used in powder form, borax has a variety of uses. While it’s most common use is as a laundry detergent booster, borax can also …

How To Make A Storm Glass To Predict The Weather How To Make A Storm Glass To Predict The Weather Predict the Weather with a Storm Glass Here’s How to Make One Have you ever heard an older person complain of aching joints that accurately predict the weather? Or have …

12 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency that You May Not Know 12 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency that You May Not Know Vitamin D is not technically a vitamin. It is a steroid hormone intended to be absorbed primarily through sun exposure, not diet. There aren’t many foods that naturally contain …

30 ways you have never considered using wood ash If you’ve got a fireplace or fire pit full of wood ashes and would like to find a more useful purpose for them than simply tossing them in the trash, read on! We’ve come across 30 great uses for ash you …