Before arriving at the homestead, I had no inkling of the learning curves I would face here. My first challenge involved the heating system.Several days after moving in, a cold front slapped the region, blanketing the mountains and hills with snow. Visions of my previous heating system crowded my thoughts as I searched in vain ...

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What You Need For A Wood Stove

Do you like Sloppy Joes?They never appealed to me and I didn’t like them with meat. The word “sloppy” also seems unappealing, so I avoided them altogether—until I made the perfect vegetarian sloppy joes. They are far more delicious than meat sloppy joes!This is one of my favorite dinner recipes; it’s simple and tasty. Lentils ...

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Meatless Sloppy Joes

If you follow my social media, you know I just moved from a big city to a beautiful little homestead—one I’ve always dreamt of, and now I'm working hard to make it more “Gubba.”One of my top tier TO-DOs is to build and maintain a large garden. Self-sufficiency in the garden is a wonderful way ...

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How To Sheet Compost Your Garden

I love tacos, so let me teach you how to make the best taco sauce:Creamy Cilantro Lime SauceYUM! This is my personal favorite taco sauce. It’s easy to make, creamy, and delicious on salads and burritos! My inspiration for this sauce comes from the Chick-fil-A Cilantro Lime Sauce. I love Chick-fil-A, and I load up ...

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Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce

Since moving into this homestead house, I've been slipping closer and closer toward nature. Every day I'm faced with the stark realities of providing food and shelter, in all their various forms. Today I need shelter, or more simply, heat. In my previous homes, I just clicked my thermostat up a notch or two when ...

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How To Cover Firewood / Heating My Homestead