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  • A Homestead Retirement
    Homesteading

    A Homestead Retirement

    Hours November 12, 2019November 13, 2019
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    Getting close to retirement, and trying to decide what’s next?  Find out why you should consider a homestead retirement. The average retirement age in the…

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  • Creating an Educational Garden
    Gardening | Homeschooling

    Creating an Educational Garden

    Hours September 25, 2019

    Building an Educational Garden for Your Kids at Home In her book, Urban Homesteading, author Rachel Kaplan explains that the homesteading lifestyle is less about what…

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  • Homestead Happenings: County Fair, Baptism, and a Puppy
    Homestead Happenings

    Homestead Happenings: County Fair, Baptism, and a Puppy

    Hours August 19, 2019April 12, 2021

    This was Miss Magoo’s first year doing 4-H.  She raised two market lambs, which she bought in April and sold at the county fair last…

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  • Lose Weight With Evidence-Based Remedies & Tips
    Herbal Medicine

    Lose Weight With Evidence-Based Remedies & Tips

    Hours May 22, 2019May 28, 2019
    Comments 1 Comment

    Do you know how to lose weight or what you need to do to achieve your weight loss goal?  Check out these tips to lose…

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  • Lavender Essential Oil: 5 Uses
    Herbal Medicine

    Lavender Essential Oil: 5 Uses

    Hours October 24, 2018November 18, 2018
    Comments 1 Comment

    Using Lavender Essential Oil Lavender is a wondrous plant with many uses. We know lavender was used as far back as ancient Egypt.

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  • How to Glean Potatoes
    Homesteading | Preserving the Harvest

    How to Glean Potatoes

    Hours October 5, 2018December 17, 2018
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    Have you ever considered gleaning potatoes?  Find out how to glean potatoes the right way! When I was a small child, I remember helping my…

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  • Spring KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway
    Homesteading

    Spring KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway

    Hours April 16, 2018May 22, 2019
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    How I learned to cook, along with a KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway! I started cooking when I was pretty young.  Some of you may have memories…

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  • 6 Ways to Support Your Blogging Friends
    Homesteading

    6 Ways to Support Your Blogging Friends

    Hours March 26, 2018May 14, 2018
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    I get asked all the time about how people can best help me or another friend, as a blogger, so I thought that you might…

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  • 2017 Most Popular Posts
    Home Cooking | Homesteading

    2017 Most Popular Posts

    Hours December 31, 2017May 14, 2018

    The Top 10 Most Popular Posts on the blog! My first full year of blogging on As For Me and My Homestead has come to…

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  • Facebook Statuses for Awareness
    Homesteading

    Facebook Statuses for Awareness

    Hours January 12, 2017May 14, 2018

    Should you be using your facebook status to raise awareness for a cause? So…. apparently it’s that time of year where fake Facebook statuses abound,…

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Lots of pretty gourds this year! How do you use g Lots of pretty gourds this year! 
How do you use gourds? 
I'd love to see your creative ideas!
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You know you're a homesteader when you have one po You know you're a homesteader when you have one pocket full of cayenne peppers, the other pocket full of eggs, and you decide to try to carry some pumpkins as well so you don't have to make another trip. 
Spoiler alert: The resulting broken egg in my pocket wasn't the best thing that happened today. 🤪
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On days Dan is at work, we are doing our regular s On days Dan is at work, we are doing our regular school work, but days he's home, we're learning construction skills. 
The kids are getting hands-on geometry, problem solving, communication, and equipment operation experience, along with actual construction skills, and so much more.
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