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Plant a Memory: Five Steps to Create a Time Capsule for Your Farm

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Follow these step-by-step guidelines for a simple indoor activity to remind you of what you’re thankful for and what you love about your farm life.

Planning (for Sustainability) Makes Perfect

Homesteading
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More ways to increase your sustainability. Carol Ekarius offers a checklist of ideas to consider for a new homestead or for improvements to an existing homestead.

Rural Book Club Meeting: Agenda Template

Homesteading
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If you and your friends have decided to form a book club, you'll definately need an agenda to help keep you on track. Our sample book club agenda gives you direction on how to plan your meeting

Bread-based Therapy: Homemade Bread Making

Animals | Homesteading |
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Why learn to make homemade bread? "Without bread all is misery.”—William Cobbett, British journalist (1763-1835) Read on to learn about making bread.

Savor Summer Abundance in the Country

Homesteading
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Summer on the farm, with all its chores, is a fleeting season. Discover new ways to prioritize and relish every warm, delightful day.

Ice Cream Making Activities

Homesteading | Recipes |
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Make ice cream a cooperative project. Try these fun, group activities with your next ice cream making gathering.

Root Cellars

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Root cellars, the ancient technology that enables the long-term storage of your farm’s bounty.

Chili Tips

Homesteading
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Here are more warm and tasty chili recipes for you to try: One Texas-style hot and one veggie style "cool."

Preserving Fruits and Vegetables

Homesteading
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Canning and freezing your home-grown fruits and vegetables is a rewarding chore. Follow along with our step-by-step preserving and canning instructions to preserve your home-grown food.

How to Make Cider

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Recipes |
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The new old-fashioned beverage that you can make at home.

Got (Homegrown) Milk?

Animals | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Thinking of making your own delicious milk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products? Invest in some dairy animals and you’ll be on your way.

Home-canned Lemon Curd

Homesteading
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Looking for a way to preserve some of the abundant harvest from your lemon tree? Try this recipe for home-canned lemon curd.

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