The Frill Free Zone is where we get to the nitty gritty of living simply; eliminate all the unnecessary, useless, frivolous or giddy; it's where you get serious about creating your unique life that suits you to perfection.
The world is at the cusp of stopping waste in its tracks - what did our grand parents say? Waste not, want not...
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Heating with Wood is economical and old fashioned; the heat produced by a woodstove is soft and snug - there's nothing like it...
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Propagating Begonia rex, the king of begonias with the most amazing foliage...
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Projects for your homestead; Homesteading Crafts add more personality, more uniqueness...
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Make your own Masonry Stove and enhance the reliability of wood heat...
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Planting Cover Crops on garden beds and around plantings keeps adding valuable organic matter to your soil; this crucial step of soil building is a continuous process...
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Keep your poultry flock well fed - Feeding Chickens in winter, summer and year round...
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Cooking on a Wood Stove; is it magic, or a mystery? It's neither, in my tiny house - learn the tips of primitive cooking...
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Your Vegetable Garden Layout will depend on sun exposure and orientation, types of crops you want to grow and your climate; choose the layout that makes the most of your gardens sun exposure...
Tiny carbon footprint using organic gardening methods, eco-friendly gardens; Poison Free Gardening...
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Make Trash Can Compost for a compact composting system...
No use crying over Spilled Grain and Animal Feed - use it instead to get that compost really cooking...
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Fire As A Tool - using fire on the homestead for cooking as well as other things...
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The excavation of the footings for Pearls Place is a crucial part of the process (aren't they all?)...
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Companion Planting is a mystical growth enhancer; why would planting certain crops together have this beneficial effect?
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Do you live in a rural area? Or just want to? Find out first hand what Frugal Simple Living feels like...
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The Top Ten Myths about Organic Garden Seeds; get the real dirt about some nonsense and misconceptions...
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This antique violin was built by my great grandad, along with the case, but the bow that goes along with it appears to be of a different tiime...
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Learn some Alfalfa Facts; what is this valuable leguminous cover crop? How to add the nutrients from alfalfa to your garden...
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Use Snow as Fertilizer? If you're lucky enough to live in a snow belt, this is one of the most efficient ways to add Nitrogen to your garden...
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