September 2011

Organized Homeschool

Homeschooling

Those three half-filled crates are my whole homeschool this year!  Kindergarten, second grade, and third.  No teacher crate.  No hidden stash of books that appears (except on Sundays, but I’ll get to that).  If you had told me last year that I could be this organized, I’d have called you a liar.  We were a [...]

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Sentimental Pencil Holder

DIY

Damaged in a storm many years ago, this oak caught just the right wind one dark night recently and now is no more.  We kept the lumber and are trying to make the most of it. This tree stood here for a hundred years and has meant a lot to our family for the last [...]

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Ladder Stitch Dishcloth

Crafts

Ladder Stitch Dishcloth G needle, worsted weight cotton ch 33 row 1:  sc in 2nd ch from hook, skip 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch, (ch 3, skip 3 ch, sc in next ch, skip 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch) 4 times. row 2:  ch 1, turn, sc in first dc, skip 2 [...]

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Giveaway Winner!

Z

And the giveaway winner for Homesteader’s Supply is: katie September 2, 2011 The corn cutters! When corn goes on sale I buy 3 or 4 dozen and process, cut off cob and freeze. I’m really sick of cutting off the cob and missing half the kernel! lol And an apple slicer. who like to slice [...]

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It’s a Giveaway!

Z

This week, our giveaway is a hanging dehydrator from Homesteader’s Supply.  I’ve spent a lot of time on the phone with Jerri Bedell, one of the two owners, and lemme tell ya, if you want to learn how to adapt commercial farm gadgets to your mini home-farm, she’s a good friend to have.  When you [...]

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