Category: Storage and Organizing
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Spring Break Diaries: From To-Do Lists to Triumphs
For those of you who don’t know already, I am a preschool teacher. Which thankfully means that one week during April, I’ll get an entire week off, a week known to all as “Spring Break”. Some people go on vacations, or trips, other people, such as myself, prefer spending it at home, getting projects done…
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Essential Items for Your Emergency Food Kit
a few months ago I found myself in a predicament. It was lunchtime. I had promised my son some Mac and Cheese. I go to fill up the pot with water, and I had no running water. Turns out, the water company had some emergency and had to turn off the water to my house,…
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How to Properly Freeze Onions for Long-Term Storage
Recently I asked myself why I wasn’t freezing a few things. Namely, potatoes and onions. I use them often enough to buy in bulk, but not often enough to actually go through them in a reasonable amount of time. But I remember seeing something on Onions while I was researching how to freeze potatoes And…
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How to Freeze Potatoes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Freshness
How many times have you purchased a 5 or 10lb. back of potatoes, only to not use them nearly as fast as you thought you would. Me? Far too many times to count. But recently, I learned a few tricks that will help me use them up quicker. I can freeze them very easily! It…
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Organize Your Groceries with an Innovative Hanging Bag Holder
When I was a kid, my grandma loved crafting things for her craft fare. Every year she tried to learn and provide a new craft at her fares, Whatever was left over, she’d also use as Christmas gifts too. Recently, I’ve been wanting to work on my sewing skills. I feel like its an important…
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DIY Lavender Fabric Softener: A Simple Guide to Fresh, Natural Laundry
When I saw this recipe in my homesteading book, I saw the measurements and at first was like ‘man, I don’t think I have enough at the moment’ . I was fully prepared to go out to my lavender plant, which, I don’t think is really enjoying this Redding heat, and grab some more lavender…
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Deliciously Simple Chocolate Cake Mix: Bake Your Perfect Treat Today!
Normally a boxed cake mix is part of every grocery list, there great to have on hand if you need to whip up a quick cake, or cookies, or whatever the case may be. And what’s funny, is with my love for homemade, and homesteading, making a cake mix from scratch didn’t even occur to…
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Food Storage
A while back my husband and I decided that we needed to clear out space in what we call our mudroom, that we have turned into our pantry. Our kitchen is on the smaller side, so it made since to us since otherwise the mudroom wasn’t going to get all that much traffic. 3 Harbor…