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I wanted to repurpose empty coffee cans for decorative food storage. Unfortunately cleaning away the print from the surface of the can was surprisingly difficult. But I was finally successful – come see how!
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Recently we were honored to have a guest poster, Ashley share her experience of going through a full month with No. Refined. Sugar!
In her post about going through Week Two of that challenge she shared with us a quick & easy hot-weather treat – Healthy Sugar-Free ‘Ice Cream’ made with frozen bananas and berries. Check out this recipe for a nice cool treat on a hot summer’s day that’s actually GOOD for you…
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Maybe you’ve received a gift card recently and are anxious to put it to good use. But how often do you use the entire value of a gift card the very first time you use it? Not often, right?
RancherMan’s discovered an easy way to keep track of the balances for gift cards. Check out today’s Homestead Hack.
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This year I planted the sunflowers along the chicken fence side of the garden. Those huge sunflower plants offer shade during the heat of the day for my chickens. Oh, and our bees love them too.
That’s a lot of bang for my package-of-seeds buck! But now it’s time to harvest those sunflower seeds. Come see what I did.
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I like to use natural materials in my garden. Things such as straw, wood chips Dry Leaves or even grass mulch after RancherMan mows the lawn and bags the cut grass. (be sure to let that freshly-cut grass cure a bit before adding it close to your plants or it could burn them)
For instance, I have a grapevine that I’ve surrounded with three bales of straw. That straw serves a dual purpose. Its initial purpose is to protect my garden from encroaching bermuda grass.
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I used some fabric from a thrift store and some inexpensive cotton cording to make a cute clothespin apron as a homemade gift for my sister. She loved it!
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Do you struggle drying your clean sheets outside due to the wind? You know the drill, you fight to get the sheets onto the line. Then the wind catches them & makes them want to set sail into the next county!
But I’ve discovered a secret to keeping the sheets on the line on windy days!
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Right next to the house lies our barn paddock. It is a small paddock that features our amazing 1880’s barn as well as a small fenced area. This paddock is used often to wean calves, work the herd or separate specific cows for whatever reason.
In this paddock was a huge, very old cedar tree. I loved that thing, it was massive!
But last year it died and RancherMan had to pull it down. Broke my heart, y’all! The once-beautiful tree was hauled in large pieces to our burn pile.
But with our annual family reunion coming up I panicked. In a few days that bonfire will be lit & it’ll be gone forever!
So I asked RancherMan to salvage some of that beautiful wood. And I specifically asked him to go to the burn pile & cut off about 5 ft of that huge tree. Puzzled, he still placated me…
