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    red barn in the snow with text overlay Homesteading Tasks for the winter

    Homesteading Tasks for the Winter

    photo of milk jugs in the snow that have been winter sown with text overlay Seed Starting with Winter Sowing

    Seed Starting 101: A Guide to Winter Sowing in Milk Jugs

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    Seed Starting 101: Essential Equipment

    photo of a wheelbarrow with text overlay Favorite Tools for Vegetable Gardening

    Favorite Tools for Vegetable Gardening

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    How to Keep Your Seed Stash Organized

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    Best Gardening Shoes for Women

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    DIY Lavender & Epsom Salt Bath Soak

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    DIY Rose Heart Bath Bombs

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    DIY Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub

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    Food Gardening for Beginners

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    Seed Starting 101: Winter Sowing in MilkJugs {a simple guide}

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    10 Natural Slug and Snail Control Methods to Save Your Plants

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    Vegetable Gardening with Kids

    30 Vegetables That Grow in the Shade

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    20+ Purple Vegetables for Your Garden

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    How to Disinfect Seed Starting Supplies

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    How to Prune Apple Trees - Use the Correct Tools!

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    Food Security via Vegetable Gardening

     

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    When to Start Vegetable Seeds in Garden Zone 8b

    photo of pepper plant starts in red solo cups with text overlay Make Money at Home Growing Plants

    How to Make Money Growing Plants at Home

    plant starts in trays being hardened off, with text overlay How to Harden off your Seedlings

    How to Harden Off Your Seedlings

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    How to Start Onion Seed Indoors

    young onion seedlings planted in a garden bed with text overlay How to Plant Onion Seedlings

    How to Plant Onion Seedlings

    a wooden crate holding onions with text overlay How to Store Onions for Use All Winter Long

    How to Store Onions for Use All Winter Long

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    How to Make and Store Homemade Butter

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    Valentines Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

    close up of danishes text overlay Valentine's Day Raspberry Cream Cheese Heart Danish Recipe

    Valentine's Day Raspberry Cream Cheese Heart Danish Recipe

    close up of a purple bell pepper, text overlay How to Grow Peppers from Seeds

    How to Grow Peppers from Seeds

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    How to Build a Straw Bale Cold Frame

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    Using Straw & Hay in the Garden

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    How to Plant Tomato Seed Indoors

    a young tomato seedling planted in a big pot with text overlay How to Transplant Tomato Seedlings

    How to Transplant Tomato Seedlings

    photo of a vegetable harvest with text overlay Keeping a Homestead Garden Harvest Tally

    Tracking Your Homestead Garden Harvest Tally

    close up of a roasted half of pumpkin with text overlay Preserve Your Pumpkins and Winter Squash by Roasting and Freezing!

    How to Preserve your Pumpkins and Winter Squash by Roasting and Freezing

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    Which Pressure Canner Should You Get?

     

    close up of canned zuppa tuscano soup with text overlay 15 Reasons Why You Should be Pressure Canning

    15 Reasons Why You Should Be Pressure Canning

    bowl full of used eggshells with text overlay How to Use Eggshells in the Garden

    How to Use Eggshells in the Garden (to benefit your plants!)

    2 baby chicks with text overlay Chickens for Beginners on the Homestead

    Chickens for Beginners on the Homestead

    a carton of dark brown and blue eggs, text overlay 85+ chicken breeds for colorful eggs

    Chicken Breeds for Colorful Eggs

    3 bundles of harvested garlic, text overlay How and When to Harvest Garlic

    How and When to Harvest Garlic

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    Softneck vs Hardneck Garlic

    a bunch of just harvested onions laying in the dirt, text overlay How to Harvest and Cure Onions

    How to Harvest and Cure Onions

    3 bowls one each full of raspberries, blueberries, strawberries with text overlay how to use your berry harvest

    How to Use Your Berry Harvest: 65+ Unique Recipes!

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    Patriotic White Chocolate Dipped Strawberries with Sprinkles Recipe

    two cookie sheets full of blueberries, text overlay How to Freeze Berries for Use All Year Long

    How to Freeze Berries for Easy Use All Year Long

    pruned tomato plants with text overlay How and Why You Should Prune Tomato Plants

    How and Why You Should Prune Tomato Plants

    a cracked red tomato with text overlay How to Prevent Tomatoes from Cracking & Splitting

    How to Prevent Tomatoes from Splitting and Cracking

    tomato seed in a fine mesh colander with text overlay How to save your own tomato seed

    Tips for Saving Your Own Tomato Seeds

    close up of a serving bowl full of chicken bacon ranch pasta salad with text overlay Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe

    Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe

    a zucchini plant, text overlay Does Zucchini need a trellis + growing tips

    Does Zucchini Need a Trellis + Other Growing Tips!

    zucchini & garden vegetables on a plate, text overlay Sauteed Zucchini & Garden Vegetables Side Dish

    Sauteed Zucchini with Garden Vegetables Side Dish

    basil plant being pruned with scissors with text overlay How to Prune Basil: The Ultimate Guide

    How to Prune Basil: The Ultimate Guide

    close up of a bowl of basil almond pesto with almonds on the table, text overlay Basil Almond Pesto Recipe

    Basil Almond Pesto Recipe

    close up of a pile of heirloom tomatoes, text overlay Growing Tomatoes - Tips from Seed to Harvest

    Growing Tomatoes: All my tomato articles in one place!

    5 large pots or bowls full of peeled frozen tomatoes with text overlay The Benefits of freezing your tomato harvest

    Why You Should Be Freezing Your Tomatoes

    yellowing cucumber plant leaves with text overlay Why are my Cucumber Leaves Turning yellow?

    Why are my Cucumber Leaves Turning Yellow?

    How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

    two gallon size freezer bags full of frozen cherry tomatoes, text overlay How to Freeze Cherry Tomates

    How to Freeze Cherry Tomatoes

    close up of a bowl of texas caviar and a bowl of tortilla chips, text overlay Original Texas Caviar Recipe

    Original Texas Caviar Recipe

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    No Cook Refrigerator Pickles

    a blue jarrahdale pumpkin on an orange and green plaid placemat with text overlay 7 Reasons To Grow Blue Jarrahdale Pumpkins

    7 Reasons to Grow Blue Jarrahdale Pumpkins

    3 orange painted mason jars with jack o lantern faces and green lid with pipe cleaner tendrils and felt leaves, text overlay Easy Painted Pumpkin Mason Jar Craft

    Easy DIY Painted Pumpkin Mason Jar Craft

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    Halloween Chocolate Eyeball Monster Pretzels

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    Pumpkin Spice Steel Cut Oats Recipe

    a serving dish of stuffing with text overlay Stove Top Stuffing Cheat Recipes

    Stove Top Stuffing Cheat Recipes + Add Ins

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    Root Veggie Mash with Butternut Squash Recipe

    pumpkin cheesecake with text overlay No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Desserts

    9 No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Desset Recipes

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    Hot Cocoa in a Jar Gift Idea

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    50+ Handmade Gift Ideas

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    Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

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    DIY Gnome Christmas Ornaments Tutorial

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    DIY Snowman Wood Bead Ornaments Tutorial

     

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