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Welcome to Homestead Garden

Within this site, you can find information on topics such as:

  • gardening
  • homesteading
  • voluntary simplicity
  • food preservation
  • cooking
  • crafts

Members are from all walks of life, but many share the desire to get closer to nature through gardening and/or live a more simple and self-sufficient lifestyle. We're getting back to basics.

If you're interested in more information on getting back to the basics, please visit our sister site: FrugalVillage.com

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. - Laura Ingalls Wilder




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Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants
Plants grown primarily for their leaf characteristics and utilized for interior decoration or landscape purposes are called foliage plants. As our society becomes more urban, living plants as part of the interior landscape increases.
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How to Grow African Violets

Anyone can grow beautiful African Violets if they provide the simple conditions required for healthy growth.

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Houseplant Care and Gardening Indoors

Gardening indoors includes houseplants and plants that are just indoors for the winter.The heat and light indoors calls for special care of your houseplants and over wintering of tender garden plants. There are other problems which need consideration including salt build-up, humidity, drafts, pests, how you water your plants and what to do if they get pot bound.

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22 Easy Crochet Tips and Tricks

Here are some helpful and handy tips and tricks that will make crocheting easier and keep you more organized.

1. When the afghan you’re crocheting becomes too long and heavy, place quilting rings around the end you’ve already finished. It will make it easy to just flip it over when crocheting the next row.

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