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This is great advice. Thanks! I'm going to pass it onto my hubby when he goes to build some of our hoop houses :)

I've been looking for them too. The online classes range from a couple hundred dollars to a few thousand. I'm not sure which one would be the best. I guess it all comes down to what you really want to do with them.

We are moving to a bigger back yard and I can't wait to line dry. Are clothes pins still around?

I wanted to say Hi. I live in Colorado and am moving from close to Denver out farmer to what we are going to make our quarter acre homestead for now. I'm looking forward to all the great advice here! I've learned a lot already!

When I first started blogging, I ran a coupon blog and on saving money. After a while though - all the excess seemed a little extreme, somewhat selfish and a little like hoarding. I've seen pictures of some peoples pantries and they are full to the brim and even run into the garage. This would...

I juice green apples and carrots for my kids. They love it. I have a cuisinart juicer and it really seems to get all the juice from the produce. You can always save vegetable pulp and cook it down into a vegetable broth before you put it on the compost pile. Fresh juice just gives you a natural...

I just tried this recipe yesterday. I don't use a bread machine. I just put it all in a stand mixer and then bake. I made one loaf instead of 2. This turned out very soft and is excellent for sandwiches. The other recipe I was using added eggs. I'll see how this one holds up over a day or two...

I want to make my own earth oven. Bee keeping is on the list too!

I too want to own my own land and homestead, but like you, because of finances we can't just yet. We have recently found a rental that fits our needs. It's on a quarter of an acre which is a good size for learning all the ins and outs of organic gardening. The home owner doesn't care what we do...

Another good documentary on this is called Dive. I didn't realize how much food was wasted from the grocery stores.