The Homestead Mindset Anywhere: by Donna Miller

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• Frugal Decor ideas for the home.

  It truly is a homesteading mindset to look at things a little 'off' the set normal center. That's what I love about the pioneering spirit of homesteading. The truth is that mindset can be used everywhere!! Let's look at home decor and... Posted Jun 16 2009, 02:22 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, homesteading, stretching, dollar, saving, house, decor, home, decorating

• A tip to 'thinking like a homesteader.'

  Well, weather you care to learn these tips because you dream of 'Little House on the Prairie Days' or you just want to stretch the dollars you have, a homesteader's mind works a little differently than most. One main thing is to look at any... Posted Mar 31 2009, 01:55 PM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: dollars, food, stretch, recycleing, homestead, gardening, re-using, cost effective, save money, stretch dollars, videos, frugal, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, recycle, mindset, homesteading, container garden, video, rethink, free, stretching, reuse, finances, homesteadead

• 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

• Sharing my journey and why the homesteading mindset works.

  I've not had much of a chance to share my journey with everyone, so I'll do a brief synopsis. We were a struggling young family like most in the eighties. My husband worked his way up for a nice and stable position. Through all those years (about... Posted Feb 19 2009, 10:13 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, homestead mindset anywhere, journey, works, finances, poverty, lifestyle, income, salary

• 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

• Nation wide peanut butter recall - homesteading mindset solution

  In case you haven't read/heard there is a huge peanut butter recall (yes, again) across the nation. It is affecting everything from the stuff itself to ice cream and candy bars that peanut butter is in - I mean EVERYTHING is getting the FDA warning... Posted Jan 19 2009, 07:41 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: food, save, homestead, frugal, how to, preparing, home-made, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, survive, mindset, peanut butter, homesteading, recipe

• Saving pennies does add up

  Plastic baggies. Aluminum foil. 25# -50# Grain bags Mulit purpose uses for things like a dehydrator. Cheap storage for pots/pans/lids. One grain used many ways. All these (and more as my mind works) are multi-use topics that help me save pennies around... Posted Nov 14 2008, 11:08 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: stretch, save, homestead, re-using, save money, videos, frugal, free videos, how to, storage, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, cheap, pennies, recycle

• *cough*cough*wheeze*wheeze* finding the relief in teas.....

  Oh well...I'm trying..... You know the old Alka-Seltzer jingle.....that was a poor play on it...... Anyway, I have been out of sorts for a few days and it got me to thinking (now that the head-fog has lifted) that there is a certain mentality to sickness... Posted Nov 03 2008, 03:38 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: food, homestead, frugal, home-made, homestead mindset anywhere, cheap, cure, herbs, doctors, herbal remedy