Sugar to Honey Conversion Chart

Chickens & Ducks on the Farm

This is Red, one of my Rhode Island Reds, I walked in the coop and literally watched her pop out the brown egg:)

She always starts cackling when she is done.

This is actually the dogs tub.  I just rinsed it out and filled it for him, when I heard quack quack and found this!

Homesteading

We have been here in Tennessee for almost 8 months now and we love it.  Although we miss our family, we would not move back to Ohio:)  We are finally getting the chance to pursue a new way of life.  We can finally raise our own chickens and turkeys, we could not do this at home because we raised commercial turkeys in a cramped barn and they were worried about diseases.  We now have chickens laying eggs, chickens and turkeys being raised for meat, free range and without drugs, ducks, pigs, were working on the dairy cows now.  We have plans to start a small dairy and sell cheese and milk, but its expensive.  We have decided to try to do this without a loan, good luck right.

Well it will be tough but we are out of debt and want to keep it that way.  We have been doing well with our store on EBay, look us up, naturalhomestead.  My husband has a woodshop and has decided to pursue picture frames to finance the dairy.  I am going to post some pictures of the frames below, this is only the beginning!  I almost forgot we spoke with a man who moved here from Indiana who does solar panels, affordably.  He builds them out of things from the junk yard, that's in the budget right!  We look forward to working with him in the next couple months to see how we can start to get off the grid.

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This says it all:)

Cinnamon in the Sandbox to Battle Bugs

My kids love the sandbox, the dog too.  However, here in middle Tennessee we have alot of bugs.  We are not used to the massive amounts of bugs here, we really just did not have them back in Ohio.  So I told the kids to deal with it, we did some do it yourself sprays that helped but my youngest sons complained about the vinegar smell and would not use it.  I did not give up I kept looking and reading anything I could find and finally it paid off.  The article I found on Facebook says to mix in cinnamon, they are absolutely correct:)  Who would have thought.

This is a MUST share for those with kids!!

Cinnamon in the Sandbox--- Did anyone else know this????

Now that its getting warmer, the kids are going to want to play in the sandbox.
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Cinnamon in the Sandbox keeps the bugs away! I knew cinnamon repelled ants... but I never thought of this! Brilliant! I've also heard it will keep the cats out.

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Super Smooth Shaved Legs

Ladies....you are gonna LOVE this!!

SHARE with your Lady Friends, or Men get your wife some silky smooth legs!!

Softest, Silkiest Legs. Really works but be ready to clean your tub after.
You'll be shedding dead skin like crazy!
... Scrub:
-2 1/2 Cups of Sugar (Yes, just normal sugar)
-1 Cup of oil (I used Olive Oil and of course, I smell a little like Olive Oil. You can also use Canola, Vegetable, Avocado, Coconut or any fragranced body oil you have).
-5 Tablespoons of a citrus juice. Preferably fresh squeezed. (I used Key Lime)

Bath Time:
-Draw you a warm/hot bath.
-Soak for about five minutes.
-Shave one leg.
-Take a palm full of your homemade sugar scrub and scrub that leg and then rinse off.
-Shave your leg again. Yes, again.
-Take a palm full of sugar scrub and scrub your leg again.
-Repeat on your other leg.
-After your bath, dry off and then lotion your legs.

When you shave your leg the first time, obviously, it's going to remove the hair. When you scrub after you shave, it removes any dead skin. By shaving your leg again after you use the sugar scrub, you are getting all of that dead skin off of your leg. You will need to rinse your razor frequently (you will see why).

TIP: If like me you do not have a bath try this at the end of your shower, you will have soaked your legs enough to soften the dead skin by the time you have finished showering and washing your hair.

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Homemade Natural Sunscreen

Get sun protection without the toxins!

Natural Homemade Sunscreen Ingredients:

1/2 cup almond or olive oil (can infuse with herbs first if desired)
... 1/4 cup coconut oil (natural SPF 4)
1/4 cup beeswax
2 Tablespoons Zinc Oxide (This is a non-nano version that won’t be absorbed into the skin. Be careful not to inhale the powder). This makes a natural SPF of 20+ or more can be added.)
Optional: 1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
Optional: 2 tablespoons Shea Butter (natural SPF 4-5)
Optional: Essential Oils, Vanilla Extract or other natural extracts to suit your preference

How to Make Natural Sunscreen:

Combine ingredients except zinc oxide in a pint sized or larger glass jar. I have a mason jar that I keep just for making lotions and lotion bars, or you can even reuse a glass jar from pickles, olives or other foods.
Fill a medium saucepan with a couple inches of water and place over medium heat.
Put a lid on the jar loosely and place in the pan with the water.
As the water heats, the ingredients in the jar will start to melt. Shake or stir occasionally to incorporate. When all ingredients are completely melted, add the zinc oxide, stir in well and pour into whatever jar or tin you will use for storage. Small mason jars (pint size) are great for this. It will not pump well in a lotion pump!
Stir a few times as it cools to make sure zinc oxide is incorporated.
Use as you would regular sunscreen. Best if used within six month

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Natural Wood Repair

Naturally Repair Wood With Vinegar and Canola Oil. So, for a super cheap, use 3/4 cup of oil, add 1/4 cup vinegar. white or apple cider vinegar, mix it in a jar, then rub it into the wood. You don’t need to wipe it off; the wood just soaks it in.
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Fleas And More Fleas Homemade Flea & Tick Spray for Animals

I have been absent from my blog for a while, my husband has been keeping me too busy, way too busy.  However, I do have to say at least he has kept me busy outside so I have a really nice tan, well at least for my standards.  Well its  time for me to get back to work sharing my do it yourself ideas, whether my husband thinks I'm crazy or not:)

When we live in Ohio I never treated our animals for fleas and ticks, we just never had a problem with them.  The springtime here is middle has made me hit reality hard when it comes to ticks and fleas.  We do let our chickens roam about the yard to eat the little critters but it just is not enough.  I really did not want to use any chemicals on the animals because the kids like to lug the cats around and lay on the dog.  I searched the internet and found a simple and fairly effective recipe for flea and tick control.

8oz apple cider vinegar
4oz warm water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix the salt and baking soda together.  Second mix the water and vinegar together in your spray bottle, shake well.  Finally add the salt and baking soda mixture slowly, there will be a slight chemical reaction. Give it a couple good shakes and its ready.  Spray your animals down well, as often as needed.  I even used this on our kittens!

An additional tip for those of you with carpets, sprinkle borax on the carpet, let it sit for 1-2 hours them vacuum well.