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Homemade Eczema Cream

By Jen Sharpin 31 Comments

Whip it baby… Whip it good…the homemade eczema cream that is! When dealing with eczema you gotta make something fun, right? Because eczema is not fun at all. Not to this momma or her baby who suffers from it. Nanette Lorraine was just cruisin’ along- being her crazy one-year old self- when BAM! Eczema slapped… 

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Filed Under: Homemade Stuff, Homesteading, How to / DIY, Natural Home/Health/Body, Tips for the Home, Using Essential Oils

Best of Moving a Homestead – P.S. We’re Moving!

By Jen Sharpin 23 Comments

Moving a Homestead - P.S. We're Moving | The Easy Homestead (.com)

It happened. It finally happened… Something else besides Mountain Man has made my skirt fly up. To new dimensions. We found our forever home(stead). Say whaaaaat?!?! We have currently been renting our homestead for three years. Yep. Three years. We have been going back-and-forth between wanting to buy the place we rent to not wanting to… 

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Filed Under: Homestead Reflections, Homesteading, Tips for the HomeTagged With: Around the Homestead, Family

Beyond Basics with Natural Yeast ~ Book Review

By Jen Sharpin 3 Comments

Beyond Basics with Natural Yeast Book Review | The Easy Homestead (.com)

We’ve finally said farewell to commercial yeast… Yep. You read that right. I used to spend five bucks on that small jar of yeast to make breads and other baked goods around the homestead. Then that all changed. When Nanette Lorraine was almost 1 she started having an allergic reaction to something. We couldn’t figure… 

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How to Use Onions to Fight Off Illness

By Jen Sharpin 9 Comments

How to Use Onions to Fight Off Illness | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Some folks call it an urban legend… We like to call it “it always has worked for us so we do it.”  The onion trick (as we call it) just happens to work for this “crazy homesteadin’ lady.” And that’s all that matters, right? It’s been said that people did use onions to fight off the… 

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Filed Under: Homesteading, Natural Home/Health/Body, Tips for the Home

5 Reasons To Have A Cow On The Homestead

By Jenna 3 Comments

5 Reasons to Have a Cow on the Homestead | The Easy Homestead (.com)

By: Jenna from The Flip Flop Barnyard, Contributing Writer We are very fortunate to have recently acquired a family milk cow. Her name is Gertie and I just love her. What she brings to our homestead and offers to my family is just priceless. I see owning a cow on the homestead is a such… 

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Filed Under: Farm Animals, Homestead Reflections, Homesteading

How To Tell If Ducks Are Laying

By Jen Sharpin 13 Comments

How To Tell If Ducks Are Laying | The Easy Homestead (.com)

There’s nothin’ like the excitement of that first egg…. Unless you’ve been waiting forever- like us.  All we want is our ducks eggs!! But patience is a virtue, right? I suppose. But sadly,  it isn’t one of mine. Ducks are awesomely awesome at hiding their eggs. So good, in fact, I just made up a saying for it (awesomely awesome)…. 

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Filed Under: Farm Animals, HomesteadingTagged With: Ducks

How to Activate a Yogurt Starter Culture {with Recipes}

By Jen Sharpin 6 Comments

How to Activate a Yogurt Starter | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Who’s all up into fermenting lately? That’s all I seem to want to do. Currently we are fermenting kombucha, water kefir, yogurt, sauerkraut, and sourdough starter. And… it’s official y’all. I have officially given Mountain Man an official winter project. To build me the awesomest fermenting/store my canning equipment/canned good storer EVAH! Why? One may ask…. 

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Filed Under: Homesteading, How to / DIY

How to Prepare for Goats – The Necessities

By Jen Sharpin 21 Comments

How to Prepare for Goats | The Easy Homestead (.com)

I know you are totally begging/stealing/kissing whatever… …to totally get goats, right? Oh, wait. Was that just me? My bad, my friends. But it’s the truth. I had been wanting goats for over two years and Mountain Man was dead set against it.  He thought there were other things that we should be concentrating on…. 

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Filed Under: Farm Animals, Homesteading, How to / DIYTagged With: Around the Homestead, Goats

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