Dehydrated sweet potatoes can be a great snack and a convenient ingredient for all your recipes – one with a supremely long shelf life. Not for nothing, dehydrating your sweet potatoes is a great way to keep them from sprouting and going bad during typical room temperature storage. If you’ve got a food dehydrator or […]
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It’s been pushed to the background with all of the scandals flying around lately, but as far as I’m concerned, one of the most worrying revelations is the fact that so much of what we use for food preparation and storage in our kitchens has probably been slowly poisoning us. It might be BPA and
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If you aren’t a homesteader but want to be, getting started can look like an unclimbable mountain. If you didn’t grow up on a farm or in a family that emphasized self-sufficiency and self-reliance, it’s easy to feel like you are just coming around to it way too late in life. Take it from me,
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No matter how well you get along with your neighbors and the people in your community, you probably want some privacy when you’re outside. But on a homestead, especially a big property, putting up a privacy fence can be really expensive. Plus, when you are surrounded by nature that you otherwise enjoy, a fence can
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All plants need water to survive. Everyone knows that, even non-gardeners! But gardeners understand it — I would say feel it — more than most. All of us with green thumbs have known the pain of losing plants or botching a harvest simply because we forgot to water or didn’t water our plants enough. It
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If you’ve got chickens, they’ve got to have a chicken coop, and if you’ve got a chicken coop, it’s got to have a name. Look, it’s the law. Really. I don’t make the rules, I’m just here to help you figure them out! According to statistics that I just made up, you and your chickens
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If you are like me, you probably want to do as little work as possible in your garden and still enjoy a big return of bountiful, beautiful flowers. In that case, you’ve got to get perennials. Perennials, planted with care and tended to just a little throughout the year, can keep coming back year after
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No matter how much you love gardening, I think it’s fair to say that there are plenty of chores you probably wish you could skip. If you are like me, it’s that initial planting phase. Preparing the soil, dropping in the seeds or transplants, and then ever so carefully watering them; it’s just tedious! It’s
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Raised beds are a great choice for any garden. You can garden with raised beds entirely or use them as a supplement or extension to your existing in-ground garden plot. If you’re dealing with difficult or poor soils, they can make your life a lot easier and if you struggle to move around on your
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Most chicken keepers start keeping these ubiquitous domestic birds for one reason more than any other: a steady, almost limitless supply of the freshest, best eggs you will ever taste. But I say almost limitless because hens won’t lay eggs forever. They have two, maybe three good years in them and then will slow down
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