Monthly Archives: July 2012

It’s Rather Corny Around Here This Weekend

You guys know I have to come up with some “corny” titles and this post is perfect as I have been putting some corn up this weekend.  We froze some as mini corns on the cob and we also froze … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Canadian Budget Binder:
Suburban Homestead, what is that? Why the chickens? Why the garden? Why the bees? Why the survival preparations? I would love to have what you have but we don’t want to deal with the…

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Our Featured Blog This Week “Little Homestead On The Hill” & The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Ed. No. 32

This week I thought it would be fun if the featured blog went to the blogger with the most entries and I was so excited it turned out to be Lisa Lynn at Little Homestead on The Hill not only did … Continue reading

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Kombucha Musings

If you would have told me even 10 years ago that I would be drinking and enjoying a beverage that has a “Mother” floating in it in a jar….I would have said I would never touch the stuff and would … Continue reading

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Salsa Anyone?

I don’t know about you but I absolutely adore salsa….just about all salsa!  My very favorite is my homemade fresh salsa which I will share with you how I make it today but remember simple is my motto and I … Continue reading

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Our Featured Blog This Week “Canadian Budget Binder” & “The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Edition No. 31”

I am so excited to announce our featured blog this week…..this week I went to the Random.org Generator and put in a number 1 through 14 of our Linky’s this week and the number that was chosen was No. 6 Canadian … Continue reading

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On The Paper Warpath

I am one of those people I admit that just has extreme difficulty in taming the paper tiger in my life.  Oh don’t get me wrong I read all the books on how to do it all….I even pin pins … Continue reading

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We are in the honey………honey!

This year since it is our first year harvesting the honey of of our hives.    We decided to start slow to figure this whole thing out and to get our process down.  My husband and I rented the honey … Continue reading

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Our Featured Blog This Week “Old World Garden Farms” & The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Ed. No. 30

Our Featured Blog This Week – Old World Garden Farms This week’s blog post was not randomly selected and that is because while I love all of the blog posts that link up every week this one was  on a … Continue reading

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Are you a bargain hunter too?

I have been looking for new canisters for my kitchen for ages!  I knew I wanted them to be high quality canisters that sealed and wouldn’t just crack under heavy use.  I also knew they had to be in the … Continue reading

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