The Homestead Mindset Anywhere: by Donna Miller

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• 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

• 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

• Really, this mindset can be anywhere...

  It's kind of funny, but we have been living a 'homestead' style life for years. We even lived somewhat like that in FL and CA suburbs. Now, granted, while in CA, hubby was making more money than, well, sadly more than we knew what to do with... Posted Oct 24 2008, 04:22 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: recycleing, homestead, suburubs, gardening, homestead mindset anywhere, survive

• Preparing the 6-8 month pantry.

  My last post was hoping to see how very far I could stretch my $115 in groceries for our family of five (all adult eaters). This fun frugal challenge, however, came to an abrupt end when my husband took us on a switch in direction. We are now re-stocking... Posted Sep 30 2008, 03:13 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: dollars, stretch, homestead, suburubs, grocery bill, save groceries, stretch dollars, how to, pantry, storage, preparing, bulk, food budget

• For starters...what is the 'Homestead Mindset' ?

  Since this is the initial post for the blog, it seemed suitable to set the pace with at least an attempt to define the title of the blog and what a 'Homestead Mindset' is by definition. Since this blog is about developing that mindset anywhere... Posted Jul 29 2008, 09:41 AM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: dollars, city, food, stretch, save, recycleing, homestead, suburubs, gardening, re-using