1. Wash your hands frequently throughout the day, before/during/after food preparation, after coughing or sneezing, after cleaning the cat box, after using the bathroom, and after handling money. 2. Consume no more than 6 grams of added sugar per serving per day (to ward off expensive diabetes and cancer...

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 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. It is prudent in our time. This list below is...

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 pack and re-vacuum pack etc...It drove me nuts...

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 for recall if it contains ANY peanut butter. There...

Now, I know there are more ideas than this one....but this is our FAVORITE way to use them rather than toss them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MumZcIjTJQ It's short so it should load pretty fast! Best Blessings and enJOY! Donna

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 that can be frugal. I don't think it is...

If, like us, you are preparing your long term pantry for whatever reason (weather, gas savings, economic future) you may be a tried and true veteran of this longstanding homestead traditon or you may be new at it and ready to take the plunge. Either way, it doesn't matter if you live in the country...

Well, it was pointed out to me, quite kindly, that some frugal choices are to have dial up vs. DSL so I will try to put it into words what was in the video post just prior to this one. I *DO* know that you can choose 'dial up' as an option for viewing on youtube if that helps some people (because...