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Guide to Canning: What You Need to Know  Are you interested in learning how to can? Canning is one of the top ways to preserve your garden harvest each year, turning it into delicious recipes. Homesteaders and gardeners alike started canning decades along. So, let’s jump right in with our …

16 Foods You Can Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps Imagine having an unlimited supply of your family’s favorite produce. Incidentally, produce is often one the most expensive items on most grocery lists so anything that you can cut down will help you to tremendously curb that grocery expense. Various food can …

7 Natural alternative Remedies for Eczema What is Eczema? We live in a time of so many technologically-devised “everythings” that it really is no wonder that more and more people are suffering from all sorts of skin conditions and allergies. Some of these irritations are minor sensitivities; however, more and …

How To Convert a Ceiling Fan Into a Wind Generator Learn to make your own diy wind turbine! Whether you are living off the grid, or just want to generate some extra energy for the home, these diy Wind turbine ideas will have you generating your own electricity in no time. This …

8 Herbs That Help with Depression & Anxiety Anxiety and depression are ubiquitous conditions that impair your ability to think clearly and function effectively in everyday life. Almost 1/3 of the country’s mental health expenditure goes towards treating anxiety disorders, which cost over $42 billion each year. With over 40 …

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 …

18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For Their Sap Some trees yield a sugar-rich sap which can be drunk raw, fermented into alcoholic beverages or gently boiled down to syrup. Below is a list of 20 tress that you can be tapped and their sap be used on your homestead. This …

Dehydrating Food Guide: A Simple Guide  When your garden is overflowing with vegetables, it’s time to kick your preservation methods into overdrive. Aside from canning and freezing, dehydrating is another method for food preservation, allowing you to save all of your harvest or extra food scraps.  The great thing about …

How to Paint a Room Like a Pro in 9 Easy Steps Most of us can paint a room with moderate success. We can slap some paint on the wall and, without close scrutiny, it will look okay. But we know the difference between an amateur paint job and the …

13 Impressive Uses for Dawn in Your House Dawn dish soap does more than just get your dishes sparkling clean each day. It is a staple in many households for dozens of reason. You might not realize that you can combine it with other cleaners or items, allowing you to …

8 Natural Home Remedies To Get Rid of Warts While warts generally are not painful, they are irritating and unsightly. Benign skin growths, warts are caused by viruses which infect the upper layer of skin and increase the growth rate, resulting in one or more warts. Most warts come from …

How To Make A Flower Pot Grill & Smoker People always look for unique ways to cook their food to provide better flavor or convenience; especially when barbecuing. Magnify your barbecuing experience with a flower pot grill and smoker! What Can the Video Tell You About Making and Using a Flower …