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210April 23, 2018Gardening by Erica

17 Homestead Rules and How I Score For Each

I am forever indebted to Storey’s Basic Country Skills. It is, itself, a perfectly comprehensive and useful book but of no remarkable distinction compared to the numerous all-in-one homesteading, country skills and home how-to encyclopedias also available for sale. Personally, I am more inclined to reach for The Encyclopedia of Country Living, which is similar…

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0October 29, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/29/17

An attempt to log weekly productive home achievements. Please join in!

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9October 25, 2017Food Preservation by David

It's Okay to be a Homesteader and Hate Canning

I’m a homesteader, but the more I thought about canning, the more I hated it. It felt weird to admit it at first, but this year I’ve done almost no canning and I’ve never been happier. Here are all the reasons I hate canning, and what I’ve come to prefer instead.

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4October 21, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/21/17

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1October 14, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/14/17

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2August 26, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/26/17

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3August 19, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/19/17

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0August 5, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/5/17

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0July 22, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/22/17

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1July 15, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/15/17

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0July 8, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/8/17

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0July 1, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/1/17

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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