Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you had time during the garden harvest to can all day, every day? When you see super awesome deals on produce at the store, you could purchase them and can them right away when you get home?You don’t have that kind of time? Me neither.A lot of people ask how I get so much canning done when I am busy with a full-time job and kids. I have a good sized garden and we like…
In other words, you will need to practice a level of frugality that most of us don’t want to think about. I call this poverty living. We are all living (or should be living) at a level of frugality that seems a little tight, but sometimes we need to get a lot tighter.
The Great Depression was an era in American History that people who lived through it would remember indefinitely. They remember how hard the times were, the poverty most people suffered, and just life in general at the time. For most people who remember living through this time, the lessons stuck with them for the rest of their life.For those who experienced the worst of The Great Depression, they never forgot. They do not or did not like talking about life…
This weekend has been busy. I am getting ready to post several pictures on Instagram about what I got done this week and I am still struck by how much work gets done around here every weekend. What strikes me, even more, is how much work there is to do everyday and weekend.I choose this life. I wasn’t delusional about what it would entail. Being a prepper is work. Being a homesteader is work. Being self-reliant is work. Being frugal…
Learning how to maintain and perform simple repairs is a critical skill. Most people at this time do not know how to do this. Unless you take a high school shop class geared towards vehicle care and repair, it is not a skill that is taught. Fathers used to teach it to their sons and daughters so they would know what to do, but that is becoming a lost skill, too.
Father’s Day is a wonderful time to celebrate the man in your life who either helped you bring your children into the world or helped bring you into the world. You may also want to celebrate the men who helped guide and mentor you at some point in your life. There are the standard, boring gifts to give to guys like a tie or a grill set. However, this year, I would like to offer some suggestions on gifts that…