Thank you. I had never heard of Heirloom Seeds until I saw them on My Patriot Supply. We tried the raised beds last year and this year, but neither of us have green thumbs. Also, our soil was very depleted. We spent more on trying to get something to grow, then we would have spent on just...
We have ready-made food also. The MRE"s that the military use are really good. You can get them at army surplus stores and at gun shows, if you attend them. Our son was in the army; MRE stands for Meals Ready to Eat, or as my son said, Meals Rejected by the Enemy. LOL. But something else we...
We have friends who have a flour mill, but I don't think they know about freezing the extra. I am diabetic, and home-made bread makes it go way up. Since Celiac usually goes with diabetes, do you have this problem?
How do you make your own shampoo and dish soap? I know you can use water and white vinegar for glass surfaces and vinegar on counter-tops to disinfect.
Have you given thought to a mobile home? We live in one, and love it. About canning. You have to make sure you immerse the jars and lids in boiling water. A good canning book will tell you how long. Then put the cooked food into those jars immediately. I take the jar out of the water, put...
We are not quite homesteading yet, but one thing is for sure. What we have done, has brought pace of mind. Several years ago, we lowered our summertime elec. bill from $500 to $300, and our winter bill from $300 to $50. Just by turning off lights, and TV's not in use, opening windows, using a...
My husband and I are not good gardeners, so we have finally given up. But one year we got lots of tomatoes. To freeze them, just cut out the stem portion, put in the freezer on a cookie sheet, and when they are frozen, put in a freezer bag. I used these to add to spaghetti sauce, and put with...
We are in the process of trying homesteading too. We have solar panel, mainly to help with elec. bill when we retire in a few years. But we want to get small solar panels for the pets pens to run fans and heaters. We lowered our elec. bill several years ago by hanging out clothes, and...