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June 2012

Keeping a Milk Cow

Keeping a Milk Cow

So you’ve started your homestead, you’re living off the land, at least partly, and you have begun to invest in animals. Maybe you have a goat or two, some rabbits, or chicken. It might be time to think about cows. ...

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What Matters

What Matters

I have to keep a careful eye on the difference between urgent things and important things. If I allow the urgent things to dominate my day, I will never do what is truly important and will always feel dissatisfied. — ...

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7 Tips For Frugal Gardening

7 Tips For Frugal Gardening

Gardening is what you make of it. It can be a chore, or it can be a relaxing and invigorating activity. It can be a necessity and a way of life, or it can be a useful hobby. Gardening can ...

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Banish Homeschool Burnout

Banish Homeschool Burnout

One of the benefits to being a teacher in a traditional school is that you get to go home at the end of the day. You don’t have that option, and that means you can get a serious case of ...

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How to make a Potato Barrel

June 29, 2012 James and Rishi from TheGrowingHome.net prepare a potato barrel for maximizing potato yield in a small space. They use an advanced soil preparation which includes organic compost, horse bedding, vermicompost, leaf mold, gypsum rock dust, and peat ...

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When Things Go Wrong

When Things Go Wrong

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, ...

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The Dangers of Mineral Depletion

The Dangers of Mineral Depletion

Minerals are a key part of the diet that allows your body to function properly. Research has shown that the food we eat today is nutritionally lagging behind food eaten by our grandparents. Mineral deficiency is not something we talk ...

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