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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Build Your Own Sawhorse out of scrap lumber; a rustic carpentry project...
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A Hot Bed gives you a jump on the season for starting vegetable seeds; learn how to use compost for bottom heat and get started early...
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The Earth Shelter Root Cellar was a trial to see how exactly to build into a hillside, and the cordwood walls and living roof were also experimental; the lessons learned...
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How To Compost Horse Manure - one of the most valuable composting tips...
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Rejuvenation pruning to bring a tree back into production - Pruning an Old Apple Tree...
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Build a moveable pen for your birds - a Chicken Tractor will keep them safe from predators...
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Wood Chips From a Sawmill - valuable, renewable and easy to use, store and access...
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Work from home - Making a Living Homesteading...
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What a treat - the comfort food, remembered from childhood in a form I can eat - Gluten Free Scones
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Methods of Organic Farming...The ways and means of pulling the separate pieces into a cohesive whole...
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Finally; it's time for some Spring Garden Planning. Time's a-wasting, so let's get started...
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Is No Plow Farming better than other ways to grow plants, and if so, what are the benefits?
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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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