Natural Remedies

Tomatoes & Green Beans for Canning

Learning to Can (Can)

The brown bag is filled with ripe tomatoes, and the colander...
4x4-Square-Foot-Garden-Box-2012

This Year’s Garden Experiments: Organic Bug Control

  If you've been following along with our Garden Experiments, you may know that we've experienced a...
Chasing Butterflies

Nature Activity for Kids: Butterfly Identification

As you may know by now, we're crazy about nature here at the Yankee Homestead....

Testing…for Email Subscribers

Greetings, Yankee Homestead Email Subscribers.   I'm trying to get to the bottom of a...
Liz Mitchell Concert at Wolf Trap

2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part Two}

Did you catch this post: 2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part One}? If...
Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe

Chocolate Zucchini Bread {gluten & dairy-free, Paleo}

This Chocolate Zucchini Bread is so easy, and so tasty.  You might also like to...
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2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part One}

Our family has a slight obsession with good folk music. I love these words from...
Green Beans Galore

Green Beans Galore

  Holy green bean harvest!   I might need to serve some with breakfast this...
My Top 6 Thyroid Resources | Roots & Boots

My Top 6 Thyroid Resources

Several readers and friends have asked recently, so I thought I'd share my top 6...
Door Shelf

Decorating with Junk: Old Doors and a Giant Map of Texas

The results of a few recent "Decorating with Junk" projects...   Shelf of Love Remember...
CD case--front, before and after

Yet Another Reason to Love the E-cloth

We're still loving our e-cloths here at the Yankee Homestead.   Have you tried them? I...
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Recommended Family Resource: The Singing Bible

Just the other day, out of the blue, Older Brother asked if I would load...
3-Ingredient Fudgy Popsicles

Fudgy Popsicles {gluten & sugar free}

These fudgy popsicles are one of my favorite real food, kid approved treats.  Adults love...
Easy Homemade Hand Sanitizer with Essential Oils

Homemade Hand Sanitizer {with essential oils}

Honestly, I've never been a big fan of hand sanitizer.  We rarely use it.  For...
My Quotable Kid Journal

Family Resource: My Quotable Kid

"I may not be able to snap or whistle, but I'm a fierce fighter." Older...