The Homestead Mindset Anywhere: by Donna Miller : reuse

Stretching Money by looking at everyday objects differently.

Millers Grain House — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:32:00 GMT

We all have them, the weird things that are in the house that we save and get over run with or we simply toss because we see them as not useful. Well, if you look at things just ever so slightly askew....you might find some great uses for 'useless'...(read more)

A Vital Key: Reusing what could be 'trash'.

Millers Grain House — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:56:00 GMT

One vital key to thinking like a homesteader is not so much 'pack-ratting' (although I stand guilty of that with glass jars), but looking at ways to reuse something that might otherwise be thrown away. Today I want to share a pictorial tutorial...(read more)

A tip to 'thinking like a homesteader.'

Millers Grain House — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:55:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Weekly Preparation Practice Checklist

Millers Grain House — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Video of a free, pesticide free fruit fly trap

Millers Grain House — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:31:00 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/user/thewheatguy Re-use, recycle and rethink...the three R's of homesteading and stretching dollars! This video is the re-use of the flimsy plastic produce bags to make a fruit fly catcher. No chemicals and no pecticides. The...(read more)