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CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 2 Mar 24

Over the years of my life, I have heard of homesteading. More recently than in my early years. I have always wanted to be able to homestead in some way or other. Now I am at an age that I am no longer able to do so. One of the...

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Just Started Watching a New Show

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 5 Feb 24

Homestead Rescue on Discovery+ is a new show I have just started binge watching. These are shows where the people have gone off-grid and need help. When I was younger, I always thought it would be great to be able to homestead....

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Self-reliance

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 27 Sep 22

Synonymous with self-reliance is independence and self-sustaining. It is defined as making one's own way, working to support oneself, not depending on others for provision. The concept of self-reliance seems to be a thing of the...

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The Seed Store

Amber @AmbiePam (120987) • United States 13 Apr 22

So about 30 minutes away from the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead and museum (which I wrote about in a previous post) is a place called The Seed Store. The LIW place was in the middle of nowhere, but The Seed Store was even further...

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Obsession

Winona Morris @nonersays (3344) • United States 28 Jan 16

Do you ever find yourself obsessed with something? Obsession can be short lived, or it can lead to creepy stalking ex-boyfriends. Lately I've been obsessed with something, and I want to draw my husband into my obsession with...

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How can I get these plants to grown roots?

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 16 Aug 12

I have a few plants that I'm growing from left over bottoms - lettuce celery, green onion. The lettuce was doing great but a few of the plants have stopped growing. None of them have roots. I've tried hanging them over water and...

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planting

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Would you ever consider homesteading?

lillake @lillake (1630) • United States 3 Dec 09

Homesteading is gaining in popularity, especially as costs go up and wages go down. A lot of people are looking for more self reliance and getting out of the system. Would you ever consider it? Why or why not?

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Pagan Homesteaders

NekoWashu @NekoWashu (106) • United States 16 Aug 08

This is a place to share your thoughts, ideas, advice and to answer or ask questions about homesteading with a pagan family. This is not a place to debate religion, however. There are plenty of other threads for that. I'd like to...

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Aprons a many faceted accessory

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 12 Mar 08

Ode to aprons... lol. I really like aprons! they are so useful. not only to protect your clothing from household chores (both teh dirt and the cleansers) or out door work (gardening, mechanics, pruning, harvesting...

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How the West (errr, North) was won....

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 27 Mar 07

http://www.anderson.govoffice.com/ For real, free land in Alaska! ah what a dream that would be. The wild flowers, the Fish, the wildlife. The Northern Lights. North, to Alaska!

land of the setting sun

Building your own house is not that hard!

tenthingsfarm @tenthingsfarm (29) • United States 11 Feb 07

My husband and I were living on some land we bought in an old drafty trailer. We really wanted a house, but we couldn't really afford it. So....we got a bunch of books, bought some hammers, and did a lot of the work ourselves! We...

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