I'm always excited when our readers email me interesting suggestions for simple living.  In fact, I've had three great bits of information sitting in my inbox for nearly a month, just waiting to be turned into a lunchtime series.  Unfortunately, three never grew to four, so I kept putting it off. 

Luckily, another tip came in just this morning.  I hope you enjoy this week's gems of homesteading wisdom!

This post is part of our Readers' Tips lunchtime series.  Read all of the entries: Letters from the field Free honeybees Uses for bamboo Broiler chicken advice Setting the tone of a project

Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.

Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.