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How To Make A Cute Gift Box With A Greeting Card

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You can repurpose a pretty greeting card into a cute small gift box. It’s a beautiful, easy & zero-waste way to present your gift! Just a few cuts & folds will have your homemade gift box ready in minutes. 

You can repurpose a pretty greeting card into a cute gift box in minutes. It's easy and there's no waste! #TexasHomesteader

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How To Dehydrate Fresh Pumpkin To Use All Year Long

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When you dehydrate fresh pumpkin you can fit a whole pumpkin in a tiny ½-pint canning jar! And unlike storing pumpkin puree in the freezer, dehydrated pumpkin can set right on your pantry shelf in a sealed jar, it uses no additional energy to store.

Come see how easy it is, y’all! 

Learn how to dehydrated fresh garden pumpkin puree. #TexasHomesteader

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How To Eat Your Compost BEFORE It’s Compost! Becoming A Food Waste Ninja…

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Have you ever thought about eating your compost to eliminate food waste?

Stay with me now, I’m not suggesting that you rifle through the compost heap and snack on its contents. Come see ways I’ve saved food previously destined for the compost pile. 

Can you actually EAT your compost? Stay with me now, I'm not saying you should eat the contents of your compost bucket. But there's LOTS of food you can make with scraps you'd previously just toss in the composter. Come see my favorite tips. #TexasHomesteader

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How To Make Small Gift Boxes Using Repurposed Christmas Cards

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Do you need a small gift box? No problem! Did you know you can take last year’s beautiful Christmas cards and quickly turn them into cute gift boxes? It’s simple and it’s zero-waste. Come see how easy it is.

After the holidays what do you do with those beautiful Christmas cards? Save them! You can repurpose greeting cards to cute gift boxes! #TexasHomesteader

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