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Growing a Weed Free Garden
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. At no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase on Amazon.com. All opinions are my own. A garden without weeds sounds too good to be true, right? Well, we are giving it a try this year. We have a 32′…
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Our Simple Raised Garden Beds
I recently wrote a post about starting a garden and answered some FAQs about getting started. As the spring season progresses, I’ve gotten more questions about our raised beds, soil, and fencing. We actually started with a little 4’x4′ garden just 4 years ago and have expanded into 2 large gardens over the last few…
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All of Your Beginner Gardening Questions Answered
I have been excited and humbled by the number of gardening questions I have been receiving! This is the year that many of you have decided to start or return to gardening. I’ve seen a lot of talk in the homesteading community about “Victory Gardens”, gardens that were encouraged during WWI and WWII to supplement…
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Top 10 Easy Indoor Activities for Kids
If you find yourself needing to work from home or just need to get some things done while the kids are around, this list is for you! Keeping kids occupied while you try to get work done can be difficult, but it’s our normal around here. I’ve put together a list of tried and true…
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Zone 4 Seed Starting Calendar
I have found many great homesteading and farming Instagram and Youtube accounts over the past couple of years. It is exciting to see everyone planting seeds and preparing for summer, but here in Northern Wisconsin it seems like spring is still very far off. We have a couple feet of snow on the ground and…
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2020 Pantry Challenge Update – Jan 21
We are 3 weeks into a pantry challenge, focused on using what we have on hand rather than filling up at the grocery store. It has gone really well and we have exceeded our goals. We are enjoying more home cooked meals and our grocery budget has been tiny this month. We have learned several…
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The MOST Common Comment we Hear About Homesteading
7 years ago, we had our hearts set on raising chickens. We lived on a small lot in town and we weren’t sure how it would go. We researched everything from brooders, to feed, to medical care, and everything in between. We were nervous about the commitment and instead decided to raise 25 birds for…
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2020 Pantry Challenge Update – Jan 1-7
We are one week into our pantry challenge, and it is going well! I wanted to share a little bit about how we have used up some of our freezer and pantry stash so far. We discovered we had quite a bit of meat in our freezer that we didn’t even remember, so we can…
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2020 Pantry Challenge
One of my dear friends on Instagram (ThreeRiversHomestead) is hosting a pantry challenge. The object of the challenge is to use only what is preserved in your freezer or pantry to feed your family for 3 months. Families can participate in any capacity that they choose and can join in and follow along with the…
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2019 Garden Recap and Seed Review
Our 2019 garden was a major success. We planted some of our old favorite varieties and some new varieties too. A couple of the new varieties we planted really stood out as “must plant every year” seeds. Now that our seed catalogs have started to arrive, I am excited to plan next years garden. Being…
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