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...

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 items used are free or would be trash. Enjoy!

I recently switched my children from disposable diapers to cloth diapers. I needed a bucket to put the soiled diapers into, with a baking soda/water solution until there was enough for a full wash load. I phoned my local bakery to ask if they had a bucket I could have. To my suprise, the baker had over...