Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 307! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
Have you ever wanted to try making soap the way your grandma used to? I’ve wanted to for a long time. After all, what’s a self-reliant person supposed to wash themselves with? So I decided that for this episode of the Self Reliant Skill of the Week, I was going to make soap from homemade …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 306! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
I hate to admit it, but I’m actually getting a late start on my vegetable garden. We just tilled up our new garden area, but I haven’t even started any seeds! I planned on doing some greenhouse gardening to get more of a jump start on the garden, but it just hasn’t happened yet. But …
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If you’re trying to be more self reliant, and watch what your family eats, you might want to make your own homemade ketchup. While ketchup from the store is cheap, it’s really NOT healthy. And making your own ketchup is super easy! For this episode of the Self Reliant Skill of the Week, I made …
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Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 305! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
If you’ve ever made soap, you may be wondering, “Can I make soap more sustainably?”. Well, I have exactly the solution for you! You can make lye from wood ashes to make your own sustainable soap. At its very basic form, soap is made from lye and fat. For the fat, you can use oil, …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 304! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
Have you ever ground your own flour? If you have a simple grinder, you can easily grind wheat into flour. For this edition of the Self Reliant Skill of the Week, that’s exactly what I’m doing! Last year, when the pandemic hit, there was NO flour on the store shelves. None! So what did I …
Welcome to this week’s Simple Homestead Blog Hop 303! I am sure you will be inspired by all the great posts and ideas that have been shared this week. Add your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts to the party if you’re a blogger (please see our simple rules below). The hop begins at 12:01 am on …
