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If you live somewhere that doesn’t get too cold in the winter, a bonfire pit is a great winter project. You can enjoy some hot cocoa, marshmallows and starry skies at night. This is a pretty cool video of a very simple and basic fire pit model you could make using supplies from your local…

Gardening is a hobby that can be enjoyed by everyone. With the numerous types of accessible gardening methods available, physical limitations or mobility concerns should not prohibit you from growing a garden. An online search of photos of accessible gardens that creative individuals have designed will give you some ideas as to how you might…

Fall gardening involves some different techniques than summer gardening. The following tips, ideas and suggestions can help you get the largest harvest and the most enjoyment from your fall garden. Location It is recommended that a fall garden be planted in well-drained soil and in a sunny location. There is less sunlight during the fall…

Powdery mildew can be a real threat to the health of your garden.  It can get in unnoticed, spread quickly, affect production, and it can be difficult to get rid of.  There are numerous products on the market that are sold under the claim that they treat powdery mildew, but products don’t always fulfill their…

If you have purchased store bought bags of soil to fill your raised beds or to add to your rows then you know how costly it can be.  If you have thick clay soil and have bought a tiller, likely you have had to use it year after year.  Likewise, if you have sandy or…

The nutrition you can grow on your homestead is not limited to your garden! Fermenting is great for gardeners not only because you can use the excess vegetables in your garden, but also because it is a way to preserve vegetables that increases the nutritional value of what you are preserving. Fermenting is basically growing beneficial…

Herbal tea can be very calming, invigorating and of course, healing. These days, however, a lot of major herbal tea brands that have become staples in homes and health food stores unfortunately have added ingredients like natural flavors and soy lecithin. The good news is, there’s several easy and delicious options for homemade herbal tea!…

Take a trip to your local hardware or plant nursery to pick up some of these plants below. It is impossible to know what sorts of things we are exposed to on a daily basis. It is nice to know that these plants below can help us with by purifying our air and reducing those…