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17 Healthy Power Snacks For Studying
While it may not be the best idea to snack all day if your goal is to lose weight, you need to keep your brain fed while going into deep study sessions.
In Jun 21, 2020
Here Are 34 Relatively Simple Things That Will Make Your Home Extremely Awesome
If you want to make your home more efficient (and look better while you’re at it), you don’t necessarily have to break the bank. Sometimes, the simplest changes can make a world of di...
In May 12, 2020
Thinking About Quitting Paleo
After a lot of thinking, and researching, and talking, and reading, I’ve come to the conclusion that I just can’t be paleo anymore.
In Apr 05, 2013
Homemade Pasta
Our hens have started laying up a storm! Okay, so I guess that may be a bit dramatic. For the past few days our 22 hens are laying about 6 eggs each day. But to go from a dozen eggs a...
In Jan 01, 2012
30 Impossibly Cozy Places You Could Die Happy In
The napping possibilities are endless.
In Jan 01, 2012My Sausage Recipes
I thought I would share two of the sausage recipes from my sausage making class. Just a note: the ingredients are given in ounces so you will need an ounce scale that can measure such...
In Jan 19, 2011sustainable
Concerns About Living in a Tiny House
How Do I Convince My Significant Other That Tiny Houses Are Awesome?We see this from time to time and the biggest thing that seems to help is have them see a tiny house in person. Th...
In Feb 02, 2015
Last Week at Tiny House
Remember in my last post how I said that this year’s Valentine’s Day felt like a hearty cheer to the heavens that we made it? I really wasn’t joking. The last week has been filled wit...
In Apr 10, 2014
Interior design for function over form
If I were to live in a tiny house, it would be a fancy one like this. Picture obtained from http://tinyhousesmallspace.tumblr.com/
In Sep 04, 2013A Clandestine Chicken Mission
Last night in the cover of darkness, Josh and I crept to the chicken coop. Huddled in Josh’s arms was the wounded chick that had been living in our house for almost a week. Our plan w...
In Apr 04, 2013
DIY Candy Board for Bees
Normally bees eat the honey they have made and stored in their hives during the summer but if they don’t have enough honey to last until spring, you can supplement with a candy or sug...
In Mar 03, 2013
Worlds Energy Crisis
Almost everywhere, we would discuss about what’s taking place within our globe energy-wise. It’s steadily moving towards a significant international power crisis. Because the world’s ...
In Nov 13, 2012
Why Choose Solar Energy
Alternative energy, which looks into energy sources that do not depend on fossil fuels such as solar panels and wind turbines, is a fertile area of research. The world’s supply of fos...
In Nov 12, 2012How To Make Solar Panels From Scratch
Shocking Report Reveals: The secrets of how to make solar panels. Discover how you stop wasting energy and start save money on your electricity bills. Learn how to build solar power s...
In Nov 11, 2012
What Lurks In My Compost
With the addition of the pigs to the homestead, we aren’t generating as much compost these days. All food and garden scraps are heading to the piggies instead. And when I do have some...
In Feb 02, 2012
Got Milk? We Do!
Over the weekend we started milking our goats for the first time. They kidded (had babies) around Easter and, while we could have started milking sooner, we kept putting it off. We bo...
In Feb 02, 2012Making a Homemade Chicken Waterer
Last week we began preparing for the 50 meat chickens we were about to get in the mail. We hit the farm supply store to get two new feed troughs and waterers. As I was looking at the ...
In Jan 01, 2012
Homemade Frugal Mitten Bags
When we moved to Wisconsin, I knew that it would be cold during the winter. I realized that we would need lots of winter wear for the good part of a year. What I hadn’t anticipated wa...
In Jan 01, 2012About Raising Chickens
In a few weeks, 26 chicks will invade our house. I have never personally raised chickens before and I’m getting a little nervous. Today I thought I would spout out some random chicken...
In Jan 01, 2012
Wood Stove Potatoes
The winter has been long and cold. Well, maybe not for native Wisconsinites, but it has been for these Virginian/Coloradans. We’ve gone through almost 4 cords of wood keeping the hous...
In Jan 01, 2012
How to Make a Fire
Building a fire is a primordial task to some but there are some folks who just haven’t had the time (or the inclination) to build it right. This is the time of year (December) to hon...
In Dec 12, 2011Make Solar Panels Energy Storage
When you make solar panels you are not only providing your home or business with cheap and pollution free energy that saves you money on your electric bills, but you are also helping ...
In Nov 12, 2011One Way To Make Solar Panels At Home
This is a way you can make a solar panel at home from very basic materials and very inexpensively. It is not what I would recommend if you want to make solar panels to power your home...
In Nov 11, 2011Renewable Energy Solutions and Their Importance
The planet is coping with a crisis and it’s operating from techniques to produce energy to provide sustenance in direction of the expanding demand for a lot much more power. The serio...
In Nov 05, 2011
homesteading
Advise for New Homesteaders
The biggest drawback to countrysiders who want to farm these days is the price they have to pay for land. Thirty years ago farms were cheaper, but if you consider the wages in the sou...
In Mar 11, 2012Homesteading North and South
“You learn, there we were all other people we morning hours,” remembered Hazel Sik, Forty seven, as she leafed through an cd involving yellowing newspapers cuttings. The girl ended up...
In Dec 12, 2011homestead
Life In The Prairie States Of America
Although Illinois is officially designated as America’s “Prairie State,” the 11 other States that comprise the region known as the American Heartland can all be officially called prai...
In Apr 05, 2012
Can urban homesteading feed the world ?
Recently I read this article at Grist and while I liked some parts, I disagreed with much. It argued that urban farms and homesteading were unlikely to do much in the quest to feed an...
In Apr 04, 2012
Meet the Sheep
I thought I would take a moment to formally introduce the newest additions to our little homestead. A few months ago, we purchased four Romney ewes (girl sheep). The Romney breed is a...
In Apr 04, 2012
A Peek Into Fall
I know by the thermometer that summer is still in full swing, but this week we’ve be knee-deep in fall planning. I’ve been trying to figure out what vegetables to plant for fall harve...
In Mar 03, 2012Escaping Chickens
This weekend we actually had a warm day (which for us is upper 40s, low 50s) and it wasn’t raining or extremely muddy. So we figured it was a perfect time to let the chickens out into...
In Jan 01, 2012
wanderlust
Seeing These Popular Places From Above Is Almost Surreal
Even if you travel by airplane frequently, it’s doubtful that you’ve even gotten a real birds eye view of a city.
In Feb 02, 2020
Cheap Trip Tips
Jeremy and I have learned a few things since we started traveling together:
In Jan 05, 2020
These 19 Nightmarish Places Will Keep You Awake At Night
As you go about your daily life, it’s easy to forget all of the weird and wonderful things that are tucked away around the world. A Redditor cobbled together 19 of the strangest place...
In Jan 01, 2020
This Remote Tiny Island Only Has 56 Residents. Is the Place to Escape It All?
Would you like to live on an island paradise? Do you like your privacy? If so, I found the island just for you.
In Oct 10, 2017
Some of the Greatest Disney Parents of All Time
What do Mufasa, Mr. Banks, and Mrs. Potts all have in common?
In Oct 10, 2017
So I Found A Random City On Google Maps The Other Day… And Its Unknown Secret Is AWESOME.
Every city has its flaws… except maybe for Palmanova, Italy. It was designed by artist and architect Vincenzo Scamozzi, in the shape of star. It’s world renown for its unusual, almost...
In Oct 09, 2017
So A Guy Decided To Drive Through West Africa. The Things He Saw Are Almost Unbelievable.
There are a wide variety of cultures and countries in West Africa, from Nigeria through to Senegal, but one thing is the same for them all: life there is very different than life in t...
In Apr 10, 201426 Decisions That Are Incredibly Difficult For Third Culture Kids
“So, where are you from?”
In May 05, 2012Biking Through Iowa’s Rural Areas
Iowa’s rolling hills, prairies, picturesque waterways, gently rolling hills, and lush forests all provide an ideal setting for hiking, jogging, skating, and–most of all–cycling. The s...
In Feb 04, 2012
A Visitor’s Guide To Attractions In Western Iowa
If you wish to distance yourself from all the noise, smog, and rush of the big city, a vacation to the American Heartland might be what you need. Western Iowa offers some of the most ...
In Jan 04, 2012
living
A Boat Builder Had A Crazy Idea In The Forest. One Year And $11,000 Later, THIS Perfection Exists.
I’ve never met Brian Schulz, but he’s now my hero. He had an idea to build a Japanese Forest House in the middle of an Oregon forest… and after 1 1/2 years and $11,000, he completed it.
In Oct 08, 2017
On saving the suburbs
When I’m writing about homesteading, I think it’s important to talk about the fact that this is not the only way to lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle. In fact, it may not ev...
In Nov 11, 2014Meditation In Morning
Everyday, I wake up and ask myself, “self, should I make coffee this morning, or should I go out for coffee with Jeremy?” Usually, I answer, “what a silly question… of course you shou...
In Jan 01, 2013
awesome
Box Cutter Boat From Reddit
Armed with only box cutters, hot glue, a hand full of able bodied volunteers and enough cardboard to make Amazon jealous. One man managed to sculpture this breathtaking sculpture of a...
In Feb 02, 2020
The 25 Best Pinterest Accounts To Follow When Planning Your Wedding
1. Vane Broussard / Brooklyn BrideBrooklyn Bride is perfect for you if your wedding style is far removed from the typical princess bride look. Their Pinterest page is full of amazing ...
In Jan 01, 2015
tinyhouse
Here Are The 17 Most Magical Houses In The Entire World.
Have you ever wanted to live in a hobbit house? What about a fairy tale castle or a gingerbread house. Well these 17 cottages below are just about the closest you could ever come to l...
In Jan 05, 2015