homestead mindset anywhere
Homesteading on a porch
I always love to hear the trials and triumps of others who have that same pioneering spirit of a homesteader. Many people are overcoming the limits in which they live (financial, spacial, educational,etc) to find ways to improve their lives on a deeper level than monitarialy. That is the homesteader's spirit! Below is a partial blog/newsletter from a ministry in Isreal that I follow/support. I find this to be one of the most useful recycling ideas for styrofoam. With this plan, anyone can grow…(read more)
Nation wide peanut butter recall - homesteading mindset solution
In case you haven't read/heard there is a huge peanut butter recall (yes, again) across the nation. It is affecting everything from the stuff itself to ice cream and candy bars that peanut butter is in - I mean EVERYTHING is getting the FDA warning for recall if it contains ANY peanut butter. There is even an investigation as to how this occurred on such a massive scale. Today, we finished our last store-bought peanut butter. Now, we had purchased this giant canister (think huge coffee can size…(read more)
Organize: The effects on the spirit
Life on the homestead (at least on ours) can be first riddled with chores (mind you it's not a complaint) and distractions (okay that one is a complaint) to the point that we can sometimes feel that our heads are spinning from the 'to do' and 'didn't get done yet' lists. It is true for many of us, no matter where we live, that life can get like that far too often. Organizing is huge for a homestead, but I surmise that it is equally as important to having a sense of peace anywhere…(read more)
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