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    Homemade Fresh Mint Ice Cream

    Here’s a great way to make use of those fresh mint leaves from your herb garden. Why don’t you try to make this homemade fresh [...] The post Homemade Fresh Mint Ice Cream first appeared on Homestead Lifestyle.
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    Strawberry Sorbet Recipe

    A nice frozen dessert, anyone? It’s always good when you can whip up simple fresh healthy desserts, like this strawberry sorbet recipe. If you are [...] The post Strawberry Sorbet Recipe first appeared on Homestead Lifestyle.
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    Prevent Deer from Eating Fruit Trees {natural organic deer repellent}

    I’m pretty excited about this. As I get older, I find that the things that excite me are not…. normal. Natural, organic deer repellent that actually works? Yep, gives me butterflies. I don’t want a tropical vacation, I want sheep. And please don’t buy me flowers, I want heirloom beans and...
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    Organic Potato Bug Control: How to Get Rid of Potato Beetles Naturally

    Potato beetles showed up in my garden this year, and I was ready- here’s what I did to get rid of them organically and naturally without harmful pesticides… and it actually worked! Did you know that potatoes are on the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen?” This is the top twelve produce...
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    How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms in Your Own Backyard!

    I’ve always been a mushroom-lover… blame it on my upbringing. I grew up in the woods, with two generations of wild mushroom foragers before me. I’ve eaten a lot of really amazing fresh mushrooms in my life- and while I love foraging for them, it’s even better to be able to grow Shiitake...
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    How to Grow, Harvest & Cook Heirloom Beans + My Favorite Snap & Dried Bean Varieties!

    You all want to know all about heirloom beans, I hear ya! So I’m spilling them! …the beans that is. Har har. I can’t write about beans and not include at least one cheesy bean joke, come on! No fart jokes, I promise. I’m taking you through the basics of how to grow heirloom beans, from planting...
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    My Favorite “Tried and True” Vegetable Varieties & Seed Companies

    I get asked about my favorite vegetable varieties all the time, and I am finally putting them all in one place (instead of being smattered all over my Instagram page and largely unsearchable). One of the things I like most about growing my own veggies is trying new varieties every year… just...
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    Is Buying a Freeze Dryer Worth It? + List of Things to Freeze Dry!

    I love preserving. My cup is filled with every jar of tomatoes, every canister of fruit leather, and every bag of frozen green beans I put up. As another valuable tool for squirreling away the precious food we grow and harvest, having a freeze dryer has been a dream of mine for years. A bucket...
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    How to Freeze Zucchini (Shredded, Chunks, and Noodles)

    Wondering how to freeze zucchini, and if its even worth it?! I might be biased (I did write a book on freezing your harvest, after all) but that’s a big ‘ol YES! Come late summer, we joke about leaving bags full of zucchini in unlocked cars at the grocery store… but don’t worry, it doesn’t have...
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    How to Grow Popcorn: Planting, Harvesting, Drying, Storage & Popping

    All about how to grow popcorn: one the absolute funnest things I grow in my garden every year! Homegrown popcorn is not only colorful and delicious, but unwrapping each ear feels like opening presents on Christmas morning. I didn’t start out as a great popcorn grower though. My first couple...
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    How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms Video Tutorial (with Cheat Sheet!)

    I love being able to grow shiitake mushrooms! It has been one of our most rewarding homestead endeavors. AND THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL WILL TEACH YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW! Thorough and detailed instructions! Shiitake logs are actually pretty easy to make and the tools and mushrooms spawn are...
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    How to Prune Raspberries + Review of 11 Raspberry Varieties

    Stuffing my face with big, juicy, homegrown raspberries is one of my favorite summer pastimes! Learning how to prune raspberries can be the difference between a successful harvest and a disappointing one. Pruning is necessary no matter which type you have, and doing it properly will give you the...
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    4 Off Grid Showers

    Whether for camping or off grid living, these four off grid showers will ensure the comforts of home wherever you are. Heading outdoors can be fun and exciting. But, are you ready to hit the road without being in the shower for a few days? This could be one of the drawbacks when going on a...
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    5 Breeds of Chickens That Lay White Eggs

    I love having a variety of colors in my backyard chicken eggs, and that means white as well! In this post I’ll cover 5 breeds of chickens that lay white eggs. Traditionally the eggs found in the grocery store were always white. The modern egg producers use hybrid White Leghorns or sex-linked...
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    12 Unique Ways To Re-Purpose Your Fireplace Wood Ash

    Throughout the Winter, and into the Spring, if you have a wood burning fireplace, or a wood stove, you have to clear out the ash to make room for new wood. In this post I’ve collected 12 unique ways you can re-purpose that wood ash. If you’re anything like me, however, you know things on the...
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    Off Grid Toilet Options

    Whether camping, living or Rving full time, one of the biggest questions I hear is what kind of off grid toilet options there are. A lot of people have this mindset that off grid living means cutting out on electricity bills, planting your own food, tending your own garden. But, no, that’s...
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    What Does Catnip Do For a Cat?

    If you love herbs and traditional medicines, you’ve probably heard of catnip. Catnip is a popular member of the mint family and is widely used for tea, cough relief, and natural insect repellents. Check out this complete guide to companion planting for how to use catnip as an insect repellent...
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    6 Health Benefits of Milk Kefir

    More health advocates and communities are going crazy about the benefits and nutritional content of milk kefir. Milk kefir is a Greek yogurt also known as a super drink. It is not a regular type of yogurt because in addition to being healthier, it is also thicker – a cross between milk and...
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    Can You Homestead and Work Full Time?

    Can you homestead and work full time? This is a question I see a lot in the Facebook homesteading groups. Or phrased in another way “HOW can I homestead and work full time?” or “You must be able to homestead because you don’t work full time.” But the sentiment is the same: homesteading and...
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    10 Ways to Make Money From Your Forest

    You’ve bought some land with the dream of homesteading. What now? How can you make that leap from still working a 9-5 and homesteading full time? I wrote before on 28 ways to make money on your homestead, but here are 10 additional ways to make money from your forests. Ways to Make Money From...

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