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Chainsaw Milling for Women
Chainsaws and chainsaw mills tend to be a male dominated field, but that doesn’t mean that women can’t join in and slab up some logs. Women can absolutely run chainsaws…
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Homesteading Kitchen Essentials
The Making Life kitchen has been in full swing lately baking bread, making homemade tomato sauce, freezing fruits like strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and watermelon, and making tasty treats like cinnamon…
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Azure Standard Review: An Honest Review From a Regular Person
Azure Standard — what’s that? Well if you’re reading this article, you may already know, that Azure Standard is an organic bulk food supplier located in the United States. In…
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7 Food Preservation Methods
As gas and food prices rise, interest in growing a garden and finding sustainable food sources is becoming more and more appealing to the average person. More people are beginning…
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Different Types of Soil the Ultimate Gardener’s Guide
There’s something about gardening that can be a bit elusive to gardeners — new and experienced ones. Everyone knows that plants need three main things to live: sunlight, soil, and…
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What is Food Fermentation?
Lately, I have been hearing SO much about food fermentation. Sourdough bread. Kefir. Sauerkraut. It has me asking what is food fermentation, and why is everyone talking about it? I…
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Ice Fishing For Beginners
This year we asked our readers to give us ideas for what they would like us to write about for the Making Life. One person asked that we write about…
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How to Conserve Toilet Paper
We are kicking off a new series on the Making Life where we take ideas from our readers. We asked our social media followers what they were interested in reading…
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How to Use a Soil Test Kit For Your Home Garden
We know that a lot of you have a garden or are planning on starting one in the future. Last year we started a garden at our new house, but…
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15 Worst Gardening Mistakes and How to Avoid Them in 2022
I’ve had this idea for a blog post for months. I wanted to share some of my worst mistakes as a gardener to help you avoid them in your own…
