HOW TO HOMESTEAD WITH THE TIGHT BUDGET

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Basic Skills for the Modern Homesteader
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Growing Food Growing your own food is a big part
of being a successful homesteader. Depending on
where you live, you may find that some some
vegetables and fruit grow better than others.
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Canning Produce Once you've planted a successful
crop, you will need to learn how to can the
produce to preserve it for the coming months.
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Creating Your Own Compost A good compost
pile is a vital part of a homesteaders garden.
Instead of throwing away food scraps, place them
in a compost pile to be used as fertilizer for
your plants.
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Saving Seeds Saving seeds is an important part of
being a great gardener. Not only will these seeds
be reused for the next crop, but you can actually
increase the quality of your vegetables by saving
only the best seeds.
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Baking Bread For those homesteaders who are tired
of purchasing bread in the grocery store,
learning how to bake this staple food is a must.
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Herbal Medicine Having a stockpile of natural
medicine for emergencies is a must for the
homestead.
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Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.
It is characterized by home preservation of
foodstuffs and subsistence agriculture! It may
also involve the small scale production of
textiles and craftwork for household use or sale.
And, Homestead.org is a place to learn
homesteading and build a sane, earth-based
lifestyle!