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Homestead astronomy One of the advantages of homesteading in the country is darkness. At night it gets really dark. The city light pollution is gone. The sky gets darker the further away from the city that you get. I remember, as a child, travelling with my parents at night and seeing the horizon lit up [...]
More and more people are embracing the simple, homestead lifestyle. Many live in urban areas and feel frustrated at their inability to buy rural property and live the good life. You don’t need to own acreage. You can begin to live the self reliant life style right now, where you live right now. 1. Practice [...]
In the last article I showed you how to make your own wicks for making bees wax candles. By making your own wicks, you can reduce your exposure to chemical pesticides, reduce the miles that cotton candle wicks usually travel, and control the additives that your wicks contain. For candles that are good for [...]
This time of year every culture’s holy-day incorporates candles to spread warmth, light, and memories. Making your own candles with your family increases togetherness, and gives you control over the ingredients. While paraffin candles contain petroleum by-products, as well as stearic acid, a derivative of beef and sheep tallow, bees wax candles are made from [...]
On Tuesday, I told you that bad stuff happens to homesteaders, too. But homesteaders have more resilience than city folk when dealing with crises and catastrophes. Sometimes your dreams become a pile of ashes. Your hopes are burnt up in circumstances — winter storms, wolves at the door, stock market crashes, relationship failures, sickness, loss. [...]
With a world food crisis, drought and civil unrest over escalating food prices, around the world, we all have concerns about food security and the ability to feed our own families. An info-graphic is circulating the internet that tells us that we need a full 2 acres to be self sufficient in food on a [...]
Virgin Coconut Oil, Gold Label - 1 quart
