Magdalena Perks

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Homesteading Failures
Homesteading LifeLifestyle

Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.

Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first…

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Crofting Life

A croft is a smallholding (a parcel of rural land under 10…

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benefits of hard floors stop vacuuming
HousekeepingLifestyle

Beat the Vacuum Tyranny

Years ago, my sister gave me a beautiful Turkish carpet.  It was…

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too many roosters
Poultry

Roosters A Plenty

When I moved to this two-acre croft in Iowa, just outside Iowa…

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rescuing rural churches, buying old churches, buying old churches, living in an old church, homesteading, homestead
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Rescuing Rural Churches

  Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by…

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