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		<title>DIY Homemade Toilet Scrubbing Powder</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2012/01/18/diy-homemade-toilet-scrubbing-powder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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I love to make my own homemade cleaning products&#8211; they are not only SUPER FRUGAL, they work great and keep all those nasty toxins out of my homestead! 
Scrubbing  Cleanser 
Fill a pint or quart  size canning jar about ¾ full of baking soda (if you have heavy stains, make a 1/4 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Onion Powder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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I recently was blessed with a bag of organic onions&#8211; a 10 pound bag! As always, I want to use what a I can fresh and preserve the rest so none goes to waste! I noticed that a few of them were going bad&#8211;and so I needed to preserve them quicker than I had planned!
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frugal Tip from the Homestead&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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If you have some unused hangers&#8211; this is a great idea! I use clothespins on opened bags too&#8230;hey, it works. lol
The perfect, frugal, chip clip! I love it (and would of never thought of it!)!
~Lisa

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		<title>Canning Equipment&#8230;The Details!</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2011/07/03/canning-equipment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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In my last post I talked about the &#8220;Must Haves&#8221; of canning equipment, and in this post &#8212; we get into some details about that equipment!

Must Haves:
Ball Blue Book of Canning
Canning jars
Deep kettle with jar rack
Canning jar lids and rings
Lots of old kitchen/ hand towels &#38; hot pads
Tongs &#38; a Wooden Spoon
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Let&#8217;s get started! First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making &amp; Canning Strawberry Jam!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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Strawberries&#8230;&#8230;.the first fruits of Summertime in our area&#8230;.my &#8216;first canning&#8217; of the season (I can all year, but Strawberry Jam seems to me, to &#8220;begin&#8221; the real seasonal canning blitz!) and there is nothing like real, fresh Strawberry Jam! It is SO very simple to make and can up!
Homestead Strawberry Jam
8 Cups of fresh strawberries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking with &amp; Caring for Cast Iron!</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2011/05/30/1176/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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Caring for and Cooking with Cast Iron!
I love my Cast Iron cookware. It is easy to use, to care for and doesn’t infuse all my home cookin’ with toxins and chemicals that modern day Teflon pans do; so what’s not to love?!
I use cast iron for everyday cooking; I find it superior in every way. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frugal Homemade Dish Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2011/03/16/frugal-homemade-dish-soap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frugal Homemade Dish Soap
 
½ C of Soap Shavings (or Soap ‘Flakes’) I use a bar of our homemade bar soap!
3 C Water
2 tsp lemon juice or white vinegar
 
Get out your soap pot (I keep a big old kettle/pot around for making homemade cleaning concoctions, well marked so someone doesn’t accidently use it for food prep/cooking!).  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mama&#8217;s Homemade Lavender Baby Powder</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2011/02/04/mamas-homemade-lavender-baby-powder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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For years I&#8217;ve made up homemade baby powder, it is so very simple!  We are getting low in the jar, so today I&#8217;ll be making some of this up&#8211;try it!
You&#8217;ll need:
One Canning Jar with lid set up
Arrowroot Powder
Baking Soda
Lavender Essential Oil
Screwdriver (old phillips, smallish-medium head)
Optional: Dried Lavender and / or Rose petals &#38; Canning Funnel
Get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply&#8230;wonderful!</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2010/09/28/simply-wonderful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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Simplicity. I love it. One of my favorite, simple, frugal things that is such a blessing at our homestead&#8211; is the lowly ol&#8217; reused bakery bucket. I love these things&#8211; they are so so SO versatile! We pick them up at the little local grocery or a bakery we drive by on our way into town, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do with the Zuchinni that you know is coming your way&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.homesteadoriginals.com/blog/2010/07/19/what-to-do-with-the-zuchinni-that-you-know-is-coming-your-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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Won&#8217;t be long and you&#8217;ll have folks trying to give away all the zuchinni abundance their gardens have produced&#8211; what a blessing! Put them to good use&#8211; this is a fantastic recipe and zuchinni bread freezes EXCELLENT!
Zucchini Bread
 
 
 

 


6 eggs
2C olive oil
4C sugar
2T vanilla
4C raw, grated zucchini
6C flour
1T sea salt
2T baking soda
4T cinnamon
1T baking powder
Heat oven [...]]]></description>
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