The Basics of Starting Seeds Indoors
Want to get a jump on the spring growing season? Try starting seeds indoors.
Category: Homesteading
How To Use Soap Nuts for “Greener” laundry
Want a natural, renewable source of laundry detergent? Try using soap nuts in your next batch of laundry. It’s not hard to learn how to use soap nuts and it makes laundry so much...
An Easy Homemade Cleaning Product
When it comes to household cleaners, many of them carry a toxic chemical ingredient list long enough to warrant a hazmat designation. These noxious chemicals pollute our water when they’re washed down the drain,...
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Eucalyptus is familiar to many people as the green leaves that often end up as part of Christmas holiday décor. Eucalyptus itself tree, and the oil is derived from the leaves. The oil both...
The Health Benefits of Eating Pumpkin Seeds
With the taste of the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie still fresh in my mind and a few pieces of last week’s batch of pumpkin-seed brittle still floating around on the counter top, I suppose it’s...
Treat Allergies and Asthma by Burning Beeswax Candes
I’ve been making beeswax candles for quite a few years now using wax from my own hive (read how I caught my wild swarm here) and those of other local area beekeepers. I’ve always...
New Uses For Lavender
I’ve always kinda thought of lavender as a miracle herb. The smell helps get rid of headaches (something I’m usually in dire need of), it’s great as a de-stresser, and the oil can be...
Edible Flowers
Everyone knows that flowers are pretty to look at. But a lot of people don’t realize that many of those delicate blossoms are also quite edible flowers.
An Easy Trick to Fix Squeaky Doors
Few things are more irritating and than the incessant cry of a squeaking door. Especially when you’re trying to sleep. You just about drift off and then someone opens the door or it’s caught...
How to Repel Flies With Diesel Fuel
Spring and summer bring lush foliage, blue skies, warm sunshine and long days of planting. With the arrival of the warm months, however, also comes the incessant torment of flies. Black flies, brown flies,...
