Tag: sustainable living
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Frugal Friday: Apple Cider Vinegar from Scraps
Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar from Apple Scraps After a nice family day of apple picking, you don’t want any pieces to go to waste. You can turn those plentiful apple scraps into delicious homemade apple cider vinegar. This is a perfect fermentation project for beginners. The peel, core, seeds, and all can be included to…
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Why You Should Save Seeds in the Garden
Benefits of Saving Seeds Nature is unpredictable. You never know when an unprecedented event will occur and the aftereffects it will cause. Disease outbreaks, extreme weather, geographical issues, pests, or even politics can suddenly impact the supply chain and leave you without essentials if you aren’t prepared. Growing your food supply increases food security, self-sufficiency,…
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Growing Your Food Supply: Fall Crops to Plant MidSummer
Do you want to live a more home-centered lifestyle where family truly comes first? Whether you are continuing planting from the spring or starting a new fall garden, growing your food supply is an investment in your home and health. The potential money savings are an obvious benefit, but increasing your self-sufficiency provides a sense…
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Sustainable Living: Beginner Reduced Waste Kitchen Practices
Why Practice Reduced Waste in the Kitchen? Reducing waste in the kitchen shows an appreciation for the limited resources on this Earth. It’s common and accepted to be wasteful in today’s consumerist culture, but when you start living more self-sufficiently you quickly realize just how useful our “trash” can be. When money is tight, it’s…
