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Why You Should Be Raising Mealworms for Your Chickens
Have you ever gone to do a DIY or follow a Pinterest pin that looks completely idiot-proof only to spend hours creating an epic fail?...
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The Unbound Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here, you’ll find recipes for herbal remedies, chicken keeping, gardening tips, DIYs, and all the
tips, tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead and become more self-sufficient. Whether you’re new to this
lifestyle or you’ve been doing it for years, we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
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Apr 6, 20225 min read
Are You Concerned About Potential Food Shortages?
I’m going to deviate today from my normal content and take a little time to talk to you all about the possibility of coming food...
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Mar 29, 20225 min read
DIY Cleaning Products to Kick off Spring Cleaning
Spring has officially sprung, at least on the calendar if not in Colorado. And one thing even those of us who hate cleaning tend to do is...
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Mar 24, 20227 min read
25 Foods You Can Grow or Regrow From the Grocery Store
As we get into the growing season I wanted to spend a little time talking about all of the foods that you can grow or regrow from the...
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Mar 21, 20222 min read
A Spring Equinox (Ostara) Celebration
Last Sunday marked the Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara in the Wiccan/Pagan world. For the most part, I shy away from organized...
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Mar 17, 20229 min read
Learning to Homestead pt 2 - Putting the Home in Homestead
We’re back for part 2 of our Essential Homesteading Skills series - Putting the Home in Homestead. If you missed it, you can catch up on...
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Mar 15, 20226 min read
March Tasks for the Colorado Gardener
Ahh, March. It’s the gardener's version of “are we there yet?” The days are getting longer and warmer and Spring is so close you can...
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Mar 10, 202214 min read
Learning to Homestead, pt 1 - The New Food Supply Chain
Homesteading is increasing in popularity these days as more and more people make the decision to become self-sustaining in a world that...
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Mar 7, 20227 min read
3 DIY Ways to Test Your Garden Soil
A good gardener can make it look as though growing is as easy as dropping seeds into the ground and adding water. The reality however is...
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Mar 3, 202210 min read
101 Essential Supplies Every Homestead Needs
There is a tendency to romanticize what life is like on a homestead. And while it is a simpler life by far, it also requires hard work,...
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Feb 27, 20227 min read
What to Expect When You're Expecting Chicks
(This article is an excerpt from our e-book, From Egg to Eggs) You’ve done the research, and selected the perfect breeds for your new...
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Feb 24, 20224 min read
Cold Buster Tea
Some of my oldest memories involve sitting in my grandmother's kitchen, the air heavy with spice, and my tummy full of food. But on cold...
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Feb 21, 20225 min read
Creative Uses for Wood Ash on the Homestead
If you’re like many homesteaders and off-grid dwellers then you probably heat your home with a fireplace or woodstove. And if you do then...
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Feb 18, 20224 min read
How to Start Your Own Worm Farm
The snow may still be falling, but if you have dreams of spring garden grandeur and a bountiful fall harvest it’s time to bring those...
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Feb 16, 20224 min read
Navajo Blue Corn Mush
If you’ve been following my blog, then by now you know that I grew up in the Four Corners area of Southwest Colorado. A region steeped in...
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Feb 13, 20226 min read
How Much to Plant for a Year's Worth of Food?
As I sit here looking at the seemingly absurd amount of plants I have sitting in starter pots around the house I begin to wonder, just...
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Feb 11, 20224 min read
On the Hunt For Wild Mushrooms
This last weekend Daniel, the dogs, and I spent a day foraging in the San Juan Mountains on the hunt for wild mushrooms. It was a family...
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Feb 8, 20226 min read
The 6 Best Winter Egg Layers
As we get ready to embark on the first chapter of our homesteading journey, we are bringing the (practically) prerequisite flock of egg...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read
Chocolate Cherry Granola Bars
I love granola bars. The sweetness. The chewy crunch. The fact that they fall somewhere between cookie and candy bar but are usually...
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Feb 8, 20223 min read
Our $100 Kitchen Makeover
The day we bought our property was an incredibly exciting one. Thirty-six acres of beautiful Colorado mountainside and it was all ours....
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