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Homemade Laundry Detergent and Deodorant
We’ve been researching homemade laundry detergent and deodorant for a while and today we finally decided to make some. I was a bit apprehensive about leaving my Tide behind, but I was willing to give...
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Intentional Gardening
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to plan a year of meals in advance, and beyond that to plan a garden accordingly. If any of my homesteading readers have done this, definitely let me know...
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A Homestead Recap of 2011
I thought I’d do a recap our year and talk about some of our goals for the upcoming year 2012. 2011 was filled with so many firsts for us. It was a year exploding with new growth, possibilities,...
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Where Did the Month Go?
January is gone! It slipped away like a toddler set free to hunt for “dragon eggs.” Simone’s imagination has become colorful and vibrant over the last few weeks. While she and Noah have always...
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A Little Update on What We’re Up To
I’ve been battling some serious allergies over the last few days. I’ve been drugged up on Benadryl all weekend, my face blew up like a balloon, my eyes have been so puffy it looks like someone punched...
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Countdown Till Our Ducklings Arrive
I’m super excited, just two more days until the ducklings arrive. In two days we’ll go from having 20 animals on our homestead, to 35 or more depending on how many extra ducklings they include with...
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
I’m a little peeved. There are buzz words that I find so annoying it would inspire me to write a blog entry such as this. So what has my undies in a bunch? When people that don’t know me well make the...
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Everything is Growing so Fast!
In a few days the ducklings will be three weeks old. This morning when I went to take photos of all the seedlings, Dom and I noticed them all standing at the front of the brooder looking up at me. I...
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Duck Eggs For Sale Soon!
We’re pleased to announce that very soon we’ll be selling duck eggs. I just finished designing the egg carton label, and we’ll receive the labels in about two weeks. As you can see on the label it has...
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Planning Our Garden for 2014
The snow and cold have set the stage for a cozy winter season here in Los Lunas, NM. As I sit at my desk looking out the window, my mind wanders to the near future when we’ll be planting a garden...
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