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 one object and see how many different ways you can...

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 18 of them) we pinched, saved and learned the...