Hi! I am moving in a couple months and am really hoping to live a more self sustaining life style. The home we are moving to is in town but on 3 large lots equaling almost a half acre. We live in a very small unincorporated town with almost no restrictions on the land. Anyway, we are planning on...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Homesteader 24 June 2009 Homesteader Peas Lincoln The pea patch is thriving. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Hpomesteader Summary: Peas

Hi, Everybody! I am TheMartianChick and I am so glad that I found FrugalVillage a couple of days ago. My family and I are trying to pay off debt and find ways to live a more frugal and eco-friendly lifestyle. Though we live in a city, we are planning to raise chickens, vegetables, fruit and...

Interesting reading: Part 1: http://www.geocities.com/aliciainelpaso/stories/1sttime.htm Part 2: http://www.geocities.com/aliciainelpaso/stories/1sttime2.htm Part 3: http://www.geocities.com/aliciainelpaso/stories/1sttime3.htm

While other's were probably eating a cold meal or sandwiches (power was out for almost 4 hours), we were eating hot homemade soup and homemade buns. At noon I decided to make a pot of bean soup. I had my soup simmering in the crockpot and around 2:30 the power was off and on, off and on. At...

Are you a homesteader? (It doesn't matter if you're urban or rural!) (Voting is open for 5 days)

I love it. Dh made it for me.

I am just beginning my homesteading lifestyle... What advice would you give me? Tips or tricks? Things you know now that you wish you had known then?

What is a homesteader? Someone who lives off the land as much as possible? Use modern conviences or do things the old fashioned way? Little of both? Different things to different people?Inquiring mind here.:)

On my wishlist is a meat grinder and a dehydrator. How about you?

I've learnt a lot over the past week in our renovating project. Just thought I'd give everyone some tips. - Always make sure you have the floor covered with more than just cardboard when taking down plaster. It goes through everything, right down to the main floor. I have white dust...

As a homesteader or dreaming of homesteading, what is your kitchen like? Describe it for us. Mine has a creamer in the corner, a butter churn in another corner, an old wash basin yet on another wall. NOT!! I have a pantry in one corner that is usally full but we've been living off it for...

I'm working on stocking up. I want to be stocked up for at least 6 months. We have terrible winters in Manitoba and I don't like travelling, so I'm trying to stock up with enough supplies that I don't need to go to the city for supplies. Here is what I have: - 100# of wheat (need to get...