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How to build a cedar gate

How To Build A Cedar Gate

in DIY, Improving Our Acreage on 01/29/19

A good gate is essential to any fenced-in area. A gate that looks great too is even better! We recently fenced in an area to give our dog more room to run. You can follow my step-by-step guide to building a split rail fence. In addition to the fence, we built a cedar gate and a solid cedar fence to ... View Post

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How To Build A Split Rail Fence

How To Build A Split Rail Fence

in DIY, Improving Our Acreage on 01/28/19

Easy Split Rail Fence Every time I drive by a house with a split rail fence I look for a horse running in the pasture beyond the fence. I'm never knew why I made the association between the two but apparently a split rail fence is also know as a horse fence. So I guess they are common fences for ... View Post

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Why you should raise mealworms - mealworms with carrot

Why You Should Raise Mealworms

in Raising Chickens on 12/13/18

Why You Should Raise MealwormsYou should raise mealworms to save money, to make money, and to make your chickens LOVE you! When we had our first flock of chickens, they were very spoiled. We sat outside with them. Fed them treats out of our hand every night. Talked to them like they were pets. We ... View Post

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Christmas Potpourri - Acre Life

Christmas Potpourri

in DIY on 12/04/18

Christmas Potpourri I love this recipe for a simmering pot Christmas potpourri. It fills your house with such an amazing smell that is a perfect mix between sweet and spicy. This is a great recipe to use in your own home and with a little extra work, you can give it away as a Christmas gift to ... View Post

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Christmas Diffuser Recipes

Essential Oil Christmas Diffuser Recipes

in DIY, Oils on 11/27/18

Essential Oil Christmas Diffuser Recipes I love these essential oil Christmas diffuser recipes because I love the scent of Christmas. Fresh Christmas trees, baked sweets, cozy fireplaces, and so many wonderful smells give the holidays a special place in our memories. Whether you put these blends in ... View Post

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Diffuser Christmas Ornament

in DIY, House, Natural Products, Oils on 11/26/18

Diffuser Christmas Ornament I love the smell of fresh Christmas trees. Unfortunately, I have to get that scent through my DIY diffuser ornaments. I have to admit that I have an artificial Christmas tree for several reasons. First is the cost-effectiveness of having a tree that can be used year ... View Post

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I highly recommend the Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer

Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer

in Food Preservation, Freeze Drying, Prepping, Products I Recommend on 11/14/18

Why I Highly Recommend The Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer I have to admit to you that my husband and I were bitten by the Prepper Bug. We started out with a survival backpack and a 72-hour food kit. We then began to add more freeze-dried food to our inventory monthly. It was viewed by us as an ... View Post

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Our new electric fireplace

Propane Fireplace to Electric Fireplace

in DIY, House, Products I Recommend on 11/09/18

Converting Our Propane Fireplace To An Electric Fireplace I have been in a hate-hate relationship with our fireplace since we moved into this house. It wouldn't even turn on for the first 3 years that we lived here. We could smell the propane. We could hear the clicking of the starter. But we ... View Post

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Composting Chicken Poop - Acre Life

Composting Chicken Poop (Manure)

in Garden, Raising Chickens on 10/25/18

Composting Chicken Poop (Manure) If you have chickens, then you have an abundance of chicken poop. In the interest of getting the most out of everything, I decided to compost the poop to use as fertilizer for the garden. Chicken poop, or manure if you are proper, is full of nitrogen, potassium, and ... View Post

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Composting in the Winter

Composting in the Winter

in Garden on 10/18/18

Composting In The Winter For me composting is a little like recycling, once you start you become obsessed. I'll admit I used to laugh at people who recycled. We used our little blue tubs that the city provided for recycling as storage bins in our garage. But that has changed. Maybe it's ... View Post

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Chrysanthemums: When to Plant Garden Mums

Chrysanthemums: When To Plant Garden Mums

in Flowers, Garden on 10/08/18

Chrysanthemums: When To Plant Garden Mums I was so excited last week when I bought plants for my fall vegetable garden because I picked up 3 pots of chrysanthemums to plant in the front flower bed. I have often used mums to decorate my yard in the fall but now that we live in the country I just ... View Post

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Planting Garlic - Acre Life Why you should plant garlic in the fall

Why Should You Plant Garlic In The Fall?

in Food Preservation, Garden, Vegetables on 10/05/18

Why Should You Plant Garlic In The Fall? I love garlic! I never really knew how much I liked it until I was an adult and cooking for myself. So in the interest of saving money, I have decided to grow my own garlic. I have a neighbor who always plants a huge crop of garlic and I love driving by in ... View Post

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