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  • close up of a tin of yarrow salve, text overlay Easy DIY Yarrow Salve Recipe
    Easy DIY Yarrow Salve Recipe
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    DIY Honey Almond Sugar Scrub Bars
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    Hot Cocoa in a Jar Gift Idea
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    Easy DIY Gnome Christmas Ornaments
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    DIY Whipped Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe
  • 2 snowman wood bead ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree, text overlay DIY Snowman Wood Bead Ornaments
    Easy DIY Snowman Wood Bead Ornament Tutorial
  • a jar of pumpkin spice sugar scrub next to an orange flower, text overlay DIY Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub Recipe
    DIY Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub Recipe
  • close up of a small jar of vanilla rose sugar scrub with roses on either side, text overlay DIY Vanilla Rose Sugar Scrub Recipe
    Homemade DIY Vanilla Rose Sugar Scrub Recipe
  • 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 Painted Pumpkin Mason Jar Craft
  • a wood tray with 3 finished lavender bath melts, text overlay Easy DIY Lavender Bath Melts
    DIY Lavender Bath Melts
  • finished painted strawberry rocks on a cutting board, text overlay Painted Strawberry Rocks Craft Tutorial
    Easy DIY Painted Strawberry Rocks Craft Tutorial
  • two rose heart bath bombs in a dish with rose petals, text overlay DIY Rose Heart Bath Bombs
    DIY Rose Heart Bath Bombs Recipe
  • a painted bumble bee rock, text overlay Painted Bumble Bee Rocks Craft Tutorial
    Easy DIY Painted Bumble Bee Rocks Tutorial
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    50+ Homemade Gift Ideas
  • How to Make and Use Dandelion Salve
  • bottle and bowl of elderberry syrup surrounded by elderberries with text overlay DIY Low sugar elderberry syrup
    DIY Low Sugar Elderberry Syrup for Cold and Flu
  • tomatoes growing on a DIY support system with text overlay DIY Tomato Support System
    DIY Tutorial Tomato Support System (Cheap, Easy & Strong!)
  • photo of a diy compost bin made from a trash can with text overlay Easy Simple Composting + DIY Bin Tutorial
    Simple Easy No Work DIY Composting (step by step instructions!)

Welcome!

Welcome! At The Reid Homestead, we have been growing, harvesting and preserving food for over 20 years. We love teaching and sharing our methods to help others grow, harvest and preserve their own home grown food! We also will share some of our favorite recipes and an occasional craft tutorial here and there!

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