Frill Free Zone

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.

  • Feel the pride of salvaging a piece of architectural molding and using it in an innovative way;

  • get off the recycling train and learn ways of using your packaging, instead of filling the landfill.

  • Find natural materials close at hand that make a vernacular building style work perfectly in your climate.

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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Homesteading Blog - The Frill Free Zone
Jan 23, 2026

Heating with Wood; cozy and snug, burning wood is the softest heat

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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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Jan 22, 2026

Propagating Begonia rex, the king of begonias

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Propagating Begonia rex, the king of begonias with the most amazing foliage...

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Jan 21, 2026

Homesteading Crafts - projects for your homestead

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Projects for your homestead; Homesteading Crafts add more personality, more uniqueness...

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Jan 20, 2026

Make your own Masonry Stove - ways to enhance the reliability...

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Make your own Masonry Stove and enhance the reliability of wood heat...

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Jan 19, 2026

Cover Crops - keep that soil warm and cozy

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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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Jan 18, 2026

Feeding Chickens - keep them happy and healthy

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Keep your poultry flock well fed - Feeding Chickens in winter, summer and year round...

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Jan 16, 2026

Cooking on a Wood Stove; magic, or mystery?

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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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Jan 15, 2026

Vegetable Garden Layout | Garden Design

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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...

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Jan 13, 2026

Poison Free Gardening - tiny carbon footprint, eco-friendly gardens

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Tiny carbon footprint using organic gardening methods, eco-friendly gardens; Poison Free Gardening...

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Jan 12, 2026

No Room? Make Trash Can Compost

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Make Trash Can Compost for a compact composting system...

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Jan 11, 2026

Spilled Grain and Animal Feed - no use crying over it!

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No use crying over Spilled Grain and Animal Feed - use it instead to get that compost really cooking...

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Jan 10, 2026

Gardening For Wellness - a guest post

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A Guest Post - Gardening for Wellness...

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Jan 09, 2026

Fire As A Tool - using fire on the homestead...

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Fire As A Tool - using fire on the homestead for cooking as well as other things...

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Jan 08, 2026

Pearls Place; the excavation of the footings

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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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Jan 07, 2026

Companion Planting - mysterious plant affiliations for best growth

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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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Jan 06, 2026

Frugal Simple Living - rural living at its finest

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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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Jan 05, 2026

Top Ten Myths about Organic Garden Seeds - the real dirt

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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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Jan 04, 2026

Violin With Case And Bow - an antique and lovely musical instrument

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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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Jan 03, 2026

Alfalfa Facts - interesting information about this valuable legume

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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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Jan 02, 2026

Snow as Fertilizer? How is this possible?

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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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