Canning

Carolyn presents The Barber Bunch: How to make Strawberry Jam posted at The Barber Bunch.

RC presents Create an Edible Container Garden This Spring posted at Think Your Way to Wealth.

Carolyn presents The Barber Bunch: Canning Class at Carriage Hill Metro Park posted at The Barber Bunch.

Cindy S presents 12 Vegetables You Can Grow in a Pot posted at Oh My Aching Debts, saying, “No Room for a garden? Of course, you have room! This list will give you vegetables you can grow in a pot.”

Carolyn presents The Barber Bunch: How to make Sauerkraut posted at The Barber Bunch.

Cindy S presents Seven Deadly Homemade Weedkillers Unmasked: Vinegar posted at Small Homestead, saying, “I have been trying each one of the seven deadly homemade weedkillers. Today I experimented with vinegar and you can see the results.”

Vikki Lawrence-Williams presents Preserving Asparagus by Canning posted at Survival Cooking, Gardening and Emergency Preparedness Info, saying, “Asparagus is ready to harvest, but what can be done with it? Dehydrate it (http://www.survival-cooking.com/2009/05/preserving-asparagus-by-dehydrating.html) or preserve it by canning (http://www.survival-cooking.com/2009/05/preserving-asparagus-by-canning.html).”

Gardening

Yanic Arsenault presents Our garden –Year 2 : Eggshells, the wonder trash posted at Adventures into green.

Wren Caulfield presents Save Money on Food: Grow Your Own! posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking.

Meadowwood Garden presents Growing Tomatoes posted at Meadowwood Garden, saying, “Everything you need to know to grow the best-tasting tomatoes you have ever eaten!”

Gregory E. Rouse presents Raised Bed Gardening with a Tractor Tire posted at Raised-Bed-Gardening Blog, saying, “how to build a raised bed out of an old tractor tire”

Mary@SimplyForties presents Update on my Urban “Farm” posted at SimplyForties.

Jason presents How to Build a Square Foot Garden posted at The Frugal Dad.

Julian Pollock presents The History of Shutters – From Marble and Straw Mats to Metal and Poly-Wood Slats | TheHistoryOf.net posted at The History Of – Blog, saying, “It’s a double benefit when one discovers that polywood style materials, developed to be a cost saver – also turn out to help reduce one’s carbon footprint. More households are turning to door and window shutters for protection against our increasingly unpredictable weather. So now there are eco-options using forest-saving polymers as well as sustainable wood as regulated by the FSC.”

Kristen Welch presents We Are THAT Family: Green Acres Edition posted at We Are THAT Family.

Farm Animals

Belle presents How to Pasteurize Goat Milk posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

00FF00 presents Battery Hen Welfare Trust posted at ooffoo, saying, “A member of the ooffoo community discovers how to adopt an “ex-bat” and other ways of making changes to benefit the welfare of battery hens in an interview with Jane Howarth of the Battery Hen Welfare Trust.”

Sahara Reins presents Presentation is Important When Selling Free Range Eggs posted at Fowl Visions.

Belle presents Fried Fish, a LaMancha Dairy Goat, and Homemade Goat Milk Ice Cream posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Recipes

kara thurmond presents Grilled Blue Cheese Portobello Burgers posted at An Hour In the Kitchen, saying, “Make your own buns, mayo, mustard and ketchup for your grilled Portobello Burgers!”

Marjorie Morgan presents The Woman’s Guide to Boating and Cooking posted at GO! Girls Outdoors, saying, “a review of a wonderful ‘boatkeeping’ manual (written in the style of a 60’s or 70’s housekeeping manual) that I found at a garage sale – entertaining, amusing and very different!”

Gregory E. Rouse presents Family Meals Under $5 – Spaghetti posted at Frugal-Living-Skills Blog, saying, “Weekly grocery circulars often read “feed a family of 4 for under $10!”. I’m sure most of you have laughed at this as I did. As a result, I began to wonder what does dinner really cost for my family of 8? So I set a challenge for myself and I figured if I kept it under $5, I was doing good”

Belle presents How to make Fried Zucchini – with pictures posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Gardening

Sandy Wong presents Guidelines and Basic Tips of Drilling Drainage Hole on Garden Container | Gardening on Cloud 9 posted at Gardening on Cloud 9, saying, “We know that good drainage is the key to healthy plants, but the containers that we find most attractive are often the ones without drainage holes. But we can drill the drainage holes by ourselves, and it is much easier than what most of us would expect. All we need is an electric drill and steady hands. And here, let me show you how to drill holes on our containers.”

The Austerity Kitchen presents Mushrooms: The Poor Man’s Meat posted at The Austerity Kitchen.

Mother Hen presents Garden Update posted at Mother Hen.

Stan Wrobel presents Rhubarb « Cottage and Yard posted at Cottage and Yard, saying, “If your going to plant something why not make it a delicious perennial vegetable that you can eat over ice cream or pancakes.”

The Family presents Planting tomatoes posted at Once Upon a Family, saying, “Get your tomatoes off to a good start”

Rani presents Apple Dapple Cake posted at Indoor Garden Musings.

Brian presents Super Sturdy Trellis posted at Meadowwood Garden, saying, “Need support? The Super Sturdy Trellis is inexpensive, easy to make and a hurricane couldn’t knock it down! Perfect for pole beans, peas, melons, cucumbers etc. Visit us to learn how to make yours!”

Renee V. Rouse presents Family Meals for Under $5 May 1st posted at Frugal-Living-Skills Blog, saying, “…Weekly grocery circulars often read “feed a family of 4 for under $10!”. I’m sure most of you have laughed at this as I did. As a result, I began to wonder what does dinner really cost for my family of 8? I figured if I kept it under $5, I was doing good…”

00FF00 presents Wildlife in your Garden posted at ooffoo, saying, “A member of the ooffoo community presents nine top tips on managing as well as encouraging natural wildlife in your garden.”

Miscellaneous

Chris presents Dealing with unwelcome guests in your house (part 2) posted at Home I Own, saying, “The rest of my article about dealing with spiders”

Emma presents What is your child eating? posted at Baby-Log.

Sahara Reins presents Things to Consider When Buying Humming bird Feeders posted at Fowl Visions.

Sustainable living

Kristen Welch presents We Are THAT Family: Shades of Green posted at We Are THAT Family.

Flea presents Be A Survivor: …I Will CRUSH You… posted at Be A Survivor.

Heather Levin presents Natural Ant Control posted at The Greenest Dollar, saying, “Don’t put chemicals down to get rid of summer ants. Try these natural home remedies instead!”

Preserving

Carolyn presents The Barber Bunch: How to Dry Tomatoes posted at The Barber Bunch.

Vikki Lawrence-Williams presents Preserving Rhubarb from the Garden posted at Survival Cooking, Gardening and Emergency Preparedness Info, saying, “Rhubarb isn’t just for pies and preserves. Dehydrate it, then this winter, sprinkle it in your oatmeal! http://www.survival-cooking.com/2009/05/preserving-rhubarb-from-garden.html”

The Smarter Wallet presents Family Budget For Frugal Living: Living Cheap Can Be Fun, Too! posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

Recipes

00FF00 presents Top 10 Vegetarian Soups posted at ooffoo, saying, “A member of the ooffoo community presents ten scrumptious veggie soup recipes to take you through the year, from summer watercress to winter minestrone.”

The Austerity Kitchen presents Fried Elderberry Blossoms posted at The Austerity Kitchen.

Heather Levin presents Easy Frugal Bread Recipe posted at The Greenest Dollar, saying, “This no-knead bread recipe is super easy and it’s made in a Dutch Oven. Lots of pictures for each step!”

Sahara Reins presents How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs posted at Fowl Visions.

jenafer presents How To: Making Mozzarella Cheese posted at Cage Free Monkeys.

Recycling

Yanic Arsenault presents Rethinking recycling – When you move, donate goods and share resources! posted at Adventures into green.

Brian presents When Good Frugality Goes Bad posted at Meadowwood Garden, saying, “The story of a man, a truck, a dog, some glass, and good intentions…”

MomToCherubs presents It’s Berry Pickin’ Time posted at Simply Beck’s Bounty.

2 Pennies Earned presents Frugal Tips for the Home Cook posted at Two Pennies Earned, saying, “I’d like to share some tips I’ve been using lately as I’m cooking for myself more, eating out less, and trying hard to not throw anything away.”

Sara presents Polliwogs and Doodles, unschooling, hands on learning, natural parenting, homeschooling, nutrition, gardening, baking, frugal living, foraging posted at Polliwogs and Doodles, saying, “Easy tutorial for making diapers out of recycled clothing!”

presents Cat Urine Smell Remover Recipe posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, “It can be difficult to remove cat urine smell from furnishings as the cat urine odor tends to linger, well instead of buying expensive odour removers, this recipe can be used to remove the odor of other pets as well.”

Sustainable Living

Joshua presents Tips for Learning during Summertime posted at Family and Parenting, saying, “Even though it is summertime, it is a good idea to keep your child’s mind active.”

Clea Danaan presents Happiness is Living the Farm Life in the Suburbs posted at Clea Danaan’s Intuitive Gardening Blog.

Pinyo presents Save Money and Benefit with Homemade Products posted at Moolanomy, saying, “Learn how to make your own homemade products is fun and good for you and the environment. Here are some examples to help you get started today.”

Nancy Miller presents Top 100 Blogs for DIY Home Improvement posted at Construction Management Degrees.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of homesteading using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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The Carnival of Homesteading has been published.  Check it out! Lots of great gardening articles and much more.

There is nothing I hate more than unwelcome visitors to my house.  No, I’m not talking about the nosy neighbor or the traveling salesman but those little pests that seem to invade every house.  Alex at Home Life Weekly gives us an article on how to make an ant killing spray.  And then Chris at Home I Own gives us an introduction to the spiders that invade his home in Australia.  You might not be able to get rid of them but you will at least know what their name is and what to do if they bite you.

I’ve been dieting for a couple weeks now so Rani’s 5 minute Chocolate Mug cake was especially appealing.  Oh My! 5 Minutes to a melt in your mouth chocolate cake?  Now that is DANGEROUS!

There are more great articles so stop by and check out the Carnival of Homesteading this week.

Pool Garden

The picture above is my swimming pool salad garden last year.  I have been looking around for containers to garden in and I ran across this article and just had to share, you really can garden in ANYTHING.  This is a woman in Alaska who could not get vegetables to grow in the ground so she came up with an idea for vertical gardening.   I’m not going to ruin the surprise, check it out.

Along the same lines are these posts from Oh My Aching Debts, containers for vegetable gardening and 12 vegetables you can grow in a pot.

Have you grown vegetables in something unusual?  Send me a link and I will include it in a future post.

• You a chance to meet and interact with many new bloggers in your niche.
• You get a chance to read the articles that are submitted.
• You get additional traffic to your site from people who have submitted articles.
• You get links back to your site from everyone who participates.

Many people have inquired about exactly how you host a carnival.  What is involved and how much time does it take? The Carnival of Homesteading is hosted at BlogCarnival and so I thought I would write a short tutorial on how to host a carnival there.  BlogCarnival makes it really easy.

This tutorial is going to assume that you have contacted the owner of a carnival and have been approved to host a carnival.   The owner will set up your edition.

Sign Up at Blog Carnival

If you do not already have an account at Blog Carnival, sign up.

Log In Screen

Click on the sign up link under the log in screen.

Sign Up Screen

This will take you to the sign up screen where you should enter your email address and read the terms of service.  Once you have read the terms of service, click on I have read and agree.  Then click on Send.

BlogCarnival will send you an email with a link to set up your password.  Click on it and choose a password.

Announce Your Carnival

Shortly before the date of your edition, write a Blog Post announcing that you are hosting the carnival and asking for submissions.  This does not have to be a long post, it can be short and simple, just giving the date and a link back to the carnival that you are hosting.  

Read Submissions

Every time that someone submits an article for the carnival, BlogCarnival will send you an email.  It is much easier to read the article as they come in.  For The Carnival Of Homesteading, you will want to make sure that the article is related to the category or to Homesteading in general and that it is not strictly commercial.  Carnival readers want quality articles that give them information, not a link to a commercial.  

Get Ready to Post the Carnival

On the day before the carnival posts, BlogCarnival will send you a link to the InstaCarnival.  The InstaCarnival has all of the links to all of the articles that are submitted.  It also has the html code for more advanced users.  You can cut and past the articles or you can copy the html code and paste it into your blog.  

InstaCarnival

You will notice an Edit link just before the InstaCarnival.  If you click on it, you will get a screen that looks like this:

Edit Carnival Screen

You will notice that each entry is color coded.  

• Blue:  Article Author
• Green:  Article Name
• Pink:  Commentary on the article
• Yellow:  link back to site

You will also notice that there are boxes for sort order, category,  and a link for spam.

To change the location of the post in the carnival, change the sort order.  You will need to determine where in the carnival that you want the post to fall and put a number in sort order that will put it there.  So if you want it to go after the post with the sort order of 20, you would change the sort order to 21.

To add or change a category.  Simply put the correct category into the category box.  You will also need too change the sort order to fall within that category.  If the first post in the category is 30 and the last post is 40, then you could change the sort order to 31 or 41.  

Spam:  If the article is strictly advertising something or is inappropriate, click on the spam button.  BlogCarnival will delete the article. 

Under each submission, there are boxes where you can edit the comments that are posted with each article.  If there are no comments, you might want to add a little something that describes the article. 

You can also change the author and the name of the article.  I don’t recommend doing this.  

When you have completed all of your changes, click on the Preview Draft button to see your changes.  You can then go back and make more changes or you can go ahead and cut and paste the carnival.

Post the carnival

Once you have completed your edits, you can cut and paste the carnival into your blog.   Due to the differences in blog software, I am going to leave that up to you.  

Make it GREAT!

When you paste the insta carnival into your blog, you can dress it up.  Add pictures or a theme.  You can introduce the carnival and you can write introductions for each category.  The more you add to it, the better the carnival will be. 

Editor’s Picks

If you are going to select certain articles to highlight, you will want to change their sort order in the instacarnival.  The carnival assigns a sort order of 10 to the first article.  You can move articles to the beginning of the carnival by changing the sort order to 1-9 and deleting the category.  This is a great way to really give some extra attention to your favorite articles.  

Let BlogCarnival know that the carnival is posted.

When you have posted the carnival, go back to BlogCarnival and select Edit This Edition.  Click on Already Posted and wait a few seconds.  BlogCarnival will automatically give you a box to put the URL for the edition.  Fill in the blanks and click Update.

And that’s all folks,  hosting a carnival is really not difficult.   If you have any questions, or if I have forgotten a step, please leave a comment.  And thanks to everyone who has offered to host the Carnival of Homesteading.

Upcoming Editions of the Carnival of Homesteading:

May 4th will be hosted at The Blogging Guy

May 18th will be hosted at Meadowwood Garden

The carnival is also looking for hosts for future editions.  If you would like to host the carnival, just send me an email or leave a comment on this post.

Editor’s Picks

Neighbor Nancy presents The Backyard Flock: You Can Build a Brooder posted at Recession Depression Therapy, saying, “Even the super beginner can build this well designed, easy-to-clean brooder to keep your new chicks healthy, warm and safe. Follow the Backyard Flock series for more beginner chicken keeping advice.”

Eric Keith presents Sucker Your Tomatoes for Increased Yields and Disease Resistance posted at Farm and Field Survivalist.

Brian presents Super Sturdy Trellis | Meadowwood Garden posted at Meadowwood Garden, saying, “This trellis how-to article might come in handy for your readers since gardening season is about to get into full swing! It explains one method of building a multi-use trellis that can be used for beans, peas, melons, tomatoes, and much much more!”

ChristineMM presents How to Make a $10 Raised Garden Bed Tutorial by ChristineMM posted at The Thinking Mother, saying, “ChristineMM of The Thinking Mother shares a photo tutorial on how to build a raised garden bed for $10.”

Heather Levin presents How To Make Your Own Deodorant posted at The Greenest Dollar, saying, “Learn several different recipes for making healthy, eco friendly deodorant at home.”

I’m sure that you will enjoy the rest of these articles.  I enjoyed every one of them and learned a lot.  Be sure to check them out as well.

Farm Animals

Elizabeth Enslin presents Sonnet for a Poultry Farmer posted at Yips and Howls, saying, “Don’t know if poetry is appropriate, but this sonnet I wrote for National Poetry Writing Month is about do-it-yourself meat-raising.”

Mike Lawson presents Raising Turkeys for Fun and Profit: Basic Facts and Terminology posted at The Chicken Coop.

Gardening

Belle presents This Year’s Garden so far……….. posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Clair Schwan presents Cold Climate Gardening – how we do it here in Wyoming posted at Vegetable Gardening and Greenhouses, saying, “With the winter fading fast, perhaps it’s time to consider what vegetables we might grow and harvest during the upcoming winter. That’s right, we can grow and harvest vegetables in the winter months. Here’s how we do it in Wyoming.”

Miscellaneous

Credit Shout presents Lowes Credit Card Review posted at CreditShout, saying, “If your thinking about doing a lot of home improvement this spring and summer, you may be heading to Lowes. We have reviewed the Lowes credit card.”

Ralph Sparkson presents Why I Love My Dog posted at Best Funny Dog Pictures, saying, “We got another dog about two years ago. It had been over ten years since our last dog, who died just before our daughter was born. With our new dog, we were lucky because our daughter has a small neighborhood business of caring for pets and that is how we found the dog we now love so much.”

Lindsay presents Home Brewing to Save Money (and have fun) posted at Off the Urban Grid.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents YNAB (You Need A Budget) Personal Budget Software Is 10% Off posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Budgeting is a big part of maintaining a home and managing household finances. We present a review of a great budgeting tool.”

The Smarter Wallet presents Control Household Debt With 5 Smart Saving Strategies and Budgeting Ideas posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

Savings Toolbox presents How to Get the Best Mortgage in Today’s Market posted at Savings Toolbox.

Leave Debt Behind presents Quick and Easy Ways Your Teen Can Make Money posted at Leave Debt Behind.

Margaret Garcia presents 100 Best Blogs for Living Healthy on a Budget posted at Surgical Technician Schools.

Recipes

Rani presents Super Potato Salad posted at Indoor Garden Musings, saying, “Need an easy spring recipe?”

Michael Medeiros presents HOME STYLE BBQ SAUCE | Barbecue Recipes posted at Barbecue Recipes, saying, “Summer barbecue is just around the bend. This basic home style BBq Sauce is easily made with items from the cupboard.”

Recycling

Aparna presents Uses of hair clippings-Best out of Waste posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, “What do you do of those hair clippings after you cut your hair?”

Sustainable Living

Jacob Duchaine presents Being a Man posted at Blogging Guy

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of homesteading using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Kory, our dog, gets her bowl half full twice a day.  Goat’s milk is highly digestible so it is safe to give to dogs.  Cow’s milk will often give them an upset stomach.  She also gets a dollop of yogurt every day.

We have been trying to eat at least a small amount of yogurt every day and this seemed like a great chance to put some excess milk to good use.  I started with a quart of fresh goat’s milk and six hours later I have a quart of tasty yogurt.

This recipe uses no special equipment or cultures and you can make it with regular homogenized milk if you prefer.

Homemade Yogurt Recipe

Yogurt Ingredients

1 Quart Milk
1 Heaping tablespoon bought plain yogurt
1/2 cup powdered milk (optional but makes yogurt thicker)

Add the powdered milk and stir until completely dissolved.  Heat the milk, stirring occasionally and bring it just to a boil.   As soon as it boils, remove from heat and allow to cool to approximately 115 degrees F.  You can use a thermometer if you have one but the milk should feel warm to the touch but not hot.  Temperature is important so if you aren’t sure, use a thermometer.

Once the milk has cooled, add the yogurt culture and stir well.

Now the fun begins.  I use a crockpot and fill it half way with warm water.  I put the jar of yogurt into the water and turn the crockpot to warm.  Let it sit for 6 to 8 hours. Keep a close eye on the temperature. It needs to incubate at 115 degrees F.   If it gets too hot, it will kill the yogurt cultures.  If it gets too cool, they will not grow.

Warm Water Bath

At first I thought that it might be too hot as the yogurt did not seem to be thickening but then right at 6 hours, it turned to the consistency of a soft pudding.  I removed it from the water bath and split it into smaller jars.   I sweetened one with sugar and added a dollop of vanilla to it.  It tastes wonderful!

The second one I am going to use to make tzatziki dressing. Depending on how it turns out, I will give you the recipe for it tomorrow.

Morning Snow

A major snowfall has swept over the east coast.  It’s caused travel problems and power outages from the deep South to Northern New England.  It is not too bad here on our small homestead.  We only got about 4 inches of snow.  Just enough to be pretty without having to worry about it lasting too terribly long.  It’s seems appropriate to call this the   the Snowfall  Edition of Carnival of Homesteading.

KCLau presents Money Tips Group Writing Project posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Calling out to contributors for articles on personal finance for my new e-book.”

Brian McKay presents Health Savings Account as a Retirement Account? posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, “Are you maxing out your 401K and IRA contributions every year and want a way to save more for retirement using a pretax method? Another way of stashing away money pretax for your retirement is using a health savings account (HSA).”

Buck Weber presents One Way To Get The Most Out of Your Chicken posted at THE BUCK LIST.

Patricia Turner presents The Nuts and Bolts of the Obama Bailout posted at Construction Management Degrees.

MomToCherubs presents We Aspire To Grow … posted at Simply Beck’s Bounty, saying, “”intend to plant” lists for this seasons food gardening”

KCLau presents How to Refinance your Home Loans Smartly posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Lists several reasons why home owners would benefit from switching their loans to a new loan with lower interest rates”

Canning

Vince Scordo presents How To: Canning Tomatoes posted at Vince Scordo.

Farm Animals

Sahara Reins presents Why, Oh Why, Do I Raise Chickens? posted at Fowl Visions.

Gardening

Nancy Muller presents A Ton of Garden, A Tiny Space;Strawberries for the Apartment Dweller or Suburbanite « Recession Depression Therapy posted at Recession Depression Therapy, saying, “A little gardening advice for the gardener in tight quarters with big dreams of Strawberries”

Cindy S presents Urban or Rural Homesteading: Plan Vegetable Garden Now posted at Oh My Aching Debts, saying, “Now is the time to start planning your garden. A good plan will insure that you have the vegetables you need for the season.”

Miscellaneous

Belle presents Earth Hour – Turn out your lights for one hour posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Robert Hazlewood presents How To Get Started Finding Legit Survey For Money Websites posted at Ways to Survive Life, saying, “Find legit work at home jobs taking surveys, completing offers and company registrations”

presents Printable Mothers Day Cards posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, “Make your own printable Mothers Day cards. Its really quick and easy all you need to do is download the free Mothers Day Card design of you choice then print and fold.”

Raily Arena presents DIY Home Selling Tips: No Need for Realtors Guaranteed posted at How to Sell Your Own Home.

Mark Smith presents Close Your Home Sale Without Trouble – Vox posted at how to sell your own home’s blog.

Brian McKay presents Savings Account posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, “Finding a decent rate on a savings account isn’t an easy thing to do these days. Savings account rates have been decreasing for over a year now, falling as fast as the economy”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Borrow, Barter, Buy Used: Espousing The Frugal Lifestyle posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!”

The Smarter Wallet presents Quality Cookware To Save You Time and Energy posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

Recipes

Rani presents Brownies posted at Indoor Garden Musings, saying, “Enjoy my favorite recipe for Brownies.”

Kathryn presents Simple Trail Mix Recipes posted at Kathryn Vercillo on HubPages, saying, “Easy ways to make trail mix with all kinds of different ingredients.”

Recycling

Condo Blues presents How to Make a T Shirt Quilt posted at Condo Blues, saying, “When life gives you too many t-shirts – make a quilt!”

Sustainable Living

travelcat4 presents GreenPrint – Helping To Save Printer Paper posted at Latest Inventions.

Joe Manausa presents A Small But Significant Shift In The Housing Market posted at Really Better Real Estate, saying, “One key trend to pay attention to in any local real estate market is the movement of the sales success trend. What this measures is the total number of home sold divided by the total of homes listed (put on the market) during the same period of time.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of homesteading using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Homesteading is perhaps best described as an attitude.  It is the desire to be self sufficient: to grow your own food, can your own vegetables, make your own soap.  It can be on a large scale such as growing all your own food or a small one such as growing your own herbs in a window garden.  It can be a hobby or a lifestyle.  It is what our great grandparents probably did to survive.

Anyone with an article relating to self sufficiency, frugal living, gardening, making things from scratch, recycling, cooking, etc. are welcome to submit an article to the carnival.

Submissions to the first edition of the Carnival of Homesteading need to be submitted by Sunday, February 15th at noon eastern time.   Subsequent edition deadlines will be the first and third Sunday of each month. You can submit your posts here.