Making the Home(stead)

Articles and information posts about homemaking, gardening, organization  or pinching pennies.


I'm Not an Easter Present! Why it is a very bad idea to buy chicks for kids' Easter baskets. | Cosmopolitan Cornbread

I’m Not an Easter Present

Every year it happens. People go to the store and they think a baby chick is the perfect Easter present for their kids. They let the kids play with them….and they die. They think, “It must not have been healthy” or “It must not have been a good breed” or any number of reasons why the chick or chicks died.

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Cleaning Your Floor Cleaners

Yes, you read that title correctly. Let’s clean your cleaners.  Even those machines that we use to clean the floors with, need to be cleaned once in a while. The vacuum, the carpet shampooer, the brooms, dustpans and mops.

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How to Make Homemade Laundry Soap and save a ton! $$$ Find out how from Cosmopolitan Cornbread

How to Make Homemade Laundry Soap

Making homemade cleaners is one of the easiest ways to save money in your home. Did you know you can even make homemade laundry soap for practically pennies?

I’ve been making this laundry soap for over a decade, and I couldn’t even begin to tell you how much money that has saved me in all those years.

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