The Homestead Mindset Anywhere: by Donna Miller

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• Revisiting the top 10 garage sale obsessions...how it fits for thrift!

  Although by the look of the dates on my blog, one would *think* the Miller Family had dropped off the planet! Sorry I've been otherwise engaged with two college graduations and a pending move! Phew.... To finish up my last post and tie things in a... Posted Jun 09 2009, 03:35 PM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: save, homestead, thrifty, clean, mindset, money, clutter, garage sale, closet, homsteading, anywhere, sale, cash, thrift

• Top 10 Signs you're obsessing about your Garage Sale:

  Well, this Saturday is our garage sale. If you've read earlier posts, you may know it is out of desperation (no pay for months) that we are having it! With that said, I've rather enjoyed the purging process (still haven't hit the sheds and... Posted May 07 2009, 05:11 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: homestead, clean, money, garage sale, closet

• 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

• A Homesteading Housewife's view: "Lost Sock Economics"

  Somewhere in the universe are all of our missing mates to a sock, right? Sucked out through the dryer into the vortex of a sock planet orbiting an unknown sun in an undiscovered system....right? Isn't that where they are? No....even though when we... Posted Apr 14 2009, 10:33 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: homestead, money, economy, homemaker, housewife, stimulus, dollar, lost sock economics

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Organize: The effects on the spirit

  Life on the homestead (at least on ours) can be first riddled with chores (mind you it's not a complaint) and distractions (okay that one is a complaint) to the point that we can sometimes feel that our heads are spinning from the 'to do'... Posted Jan 09 2009, 04:05 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: homestead, save money, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, organize, winter doldrums, clean