The Homestead Mindset Anywhere: by Donna Miller

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• Creative Stretching in the Kitchen: Beverages

  Water is one of the most reasonable beverages for a tight budget. We drink a LOT of it. We have a faucet filter and use glass or stainless steel bottles for carrying the water around with us. Bottled water is too expensive and not good for either our... Posted Jul 29 2009, 11:00 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: creative, budget, stretching, water, drink, beverage, kitchen, calories, variety, stevia

• Today's Homesteader: What type are you?

  So maybe you don't live on a farm or out in the back woods of the rural country side, but you may be one of today's homesteaders and just not even know it yet! Now, let me be honest and give credit where it is due, they die-hard homesteader really... Posted Apr 27 2009, 03:01 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: city, homestead, creative, homesteading, lifestyle, ideas, farm, farmers' market

• I took the road less traveled by....

  "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost (The Road Not Taken 1915) This poem always made me reflect on life. Am I a follower or a leader? Do I know when to be one or the other? " The road less... Posted Mar 24 2009, 12:01 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: suburubs, frugal, creative, contentment, homestead mindset anywhere, homesteading, works, skimp

• Weekly Preparation Practice Checklist

  I have come up with a list of items that warrant practicing each week to prepare for an uncertain economical or governmental future. It isn’t being pessimistic to actually WANT to and look forward to being able to be more self-sustaining and out of debt... Posted Mar 03 2009, 02:00 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: dollars, food, stretch, homestead, gardening, re-using, cost effective, grocery bill, save money, stretch dollars, frugal, game, depravity, creative, budget savings frugal groceries cooking stretching dollars, storage, preparing, home-made, thrifty, groceries, recycle, recipe, garden, rethink, stretching, reuse, money, long term, finances, income, ideas, practice, preparedness, list, preparation, checklist

• Overwhelmed by learning about long term food storage? Relax, here's a plan.

  I know how you feel. Just take a deep breathe and compartmentalize.....it can be very overwhelming at first. That's one reason I found the easy open buckets for my home were because people were telling me that for a year's supply I had to vacuum... Posted Feb 09 2009, 02:02 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: food, homestead, gardening, grocery bill, save groceries, budget savings frugal groceries cooking stretching dollars grocery bill menu save money food culinary free videos how to shopping tips on without coupons, frugal, creative, pantry, storage, preparing, food budget, home-made, thrifty, homestead mindset anywhere, survive, groceries, pennies, homesteading, garden, money, survival, long term

• Homesteading on a porch

  I always love to hear the trials and triumps of others who have that same pioneering spirit of a homesteader. Many people are overcoming the limits in which they live (financial, spacial, educational,etc) to find ways to improve their lives on a deeper... Posted Jan 26 2009, 12:18 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: city, food, homestead, suburubs, gardening, cost effective, tomatoes, how to, creative, preparing, food budget, contentment, homestead mindset anywhere, cheap, herbs, groceries, recycle, mindset, homesteading, porch, container garden, veggies, garden

• More about my single New Year's Resolution - Organize: it will keep us healthy

  As I mentioned last entry, I wanted to take note at how my one and only New Year's Resolution effected us in the area of health. Well, organizing things around this homestead has definitely paid off on the health side already. I'm down 4 pounds... Posted Jan 05 2009, 04:39 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: save, homestead, save money, creative, menu, preparing, food budget, home-made, budget, organize, resolutions

• Making gifts and decorations for the Holidays

  This year, we are doing as we have often done as we have trimmed our budget to the bone; we are making most of the gifts and decorations. This is not a new thing for our family. It actually began years before the kids were born, but has become a tradition... Posted Dec 10 2008, 02:50 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: dollars, stretch, save, homestead, wood, stretch dollars, how to, creative, shopping tips, food budget, home-made, contentment, homestead mindset anywhere, holiday, gifts

• How to stretch a left over baked potato.

  Now, I know there are more ideas than this one....but this is our FAVORITE way to use them rather than toss them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MumZcIjTJQ It's short so it should load pretty fast! Best Blessings and enJOY! Donna Posted Nov 06 2008, 01:21 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: dollars, food, stretch, re-using, grocery bill, frugal, creative, menu, budget, cheap, groceries, potato

• A 'word play' trick to learning to be content.

  It is one of my life's goals to balance contentment with a good healthy drive to succeed. That is kind of a tricky teeter-totter to be on, isn't it? Well, it seems that to do either one well (be content and strive to succeed) it would help to... Posted Oct 20 2008, 01:24 PM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: homestead, how to, creative, home-made, contentment, homestead mindset anywhere, satisfied