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My mother was born in the year 1900 and she went through allot during the years leading up to my birth (1950) and my younger sister (1953) (there was also 8 older siblings who were married and had children of their own by the time I came along.
When I was 20 months old, my father passed and at 25 months, my younger sister came on board. My mother lived her whole life on a farm and did everything from scratch until it was time for me to come along.
My fathers failing health made it impossible to continue working the farm so my parents rented out the land and moved to the city. That did not stop my mother to continue her farm ways. She passed on allot of her knowledge of how to make a dollar stretch and how to cook from scratch and so much more. Sadly, she passed at age 87 but not without passing on so much knowledge to me.
I just love your news letters and no matter how much you want to change or add to it, I will continue to view, read, etc. – especially the recipes and your stories of your family (love the duckies too).
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- Book and Product Reviews
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With your subscription, you’ll also get access to my e-book, “Common Sense Homesteading 101: 7 Steps to Become More Self-Reliant Now”, a Bread Baking Troubleshooting Guide, Gardening Journal Templates and other useful information.
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This site is not run by a bunch of marketing people who are posting about self-reliance and preparedness because it’s become trendy. This is the way my family and I live every day, messes and all.
I (Laurie Neverman, shown in the photo below) started writing back in 2008, and it grew into what you see today.
Along the way I roped in friends and family to help out, including my husband, August, my brother, Richard, and few other friends. My sons, August V and Duncan, grew up along with the site, and now they help work on it, too.
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Hi. I enjoyed your article and I really miss homesteading but am doing medical missions now.
Just wanted to mention that an ethanol extract of goldenrod flowers harvested at peak brightness (When all the bees are gathering), pack just the flower heads closely into a glass jar and then fill with vodka to cover completely. Tightly close lid and set in a dark place as light degrades the active compounds. After several weeks it is ready to use and can be kept for years if in a miron jar or kept in complete darkness! It is the most potent treatment I have found for kidney restoration! tsp 3-4 times a day. I decant into smaller bottles for actual use so it is used up quickly as gets more light when using it It works well in combination with PectaSol C MCP powder
Thank you for sharing your experience. That’s good to know.
I love learning things about being self sufficient so Bring’um On
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Hi is there a way to perserve eggs
Yes, you can freeze them, dehydrate them (doesn’t work the best), freeze dry them, or water glass them.
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Hi there! Just read your article on Plaintain. I knew it was good for skin ailments and actually made an infusion last year. This year, I have so much in my garden that it looks like I planted it there. I wanted to determine other uses before I remove it to make room for vegetables. I now think that I will also transplant some for continued production.
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Laurie I just read your post about the person complaining about your dirty hand in one of the pictures on your website.. Please don’t pay attention to people like that….they are just trolls who explore different websites to complain and criticize people. They are just miserable and unhappy people who only feel good about themselves by hurting someone else. A hundred people can tell you how wonderful your site is and how informative but when that one horrible person writes in to criticize it is so easy to focus on that hurtful feeling. I look forward to getting updates and emails from you. I have tried several of your recipes and I love hearing about your family. You are amazing…. you know so much and you work so hard, Keep up the wonderful emails and posts that you do!!!
Thanks, Patricia.
I was surprised but not surprised by the comment, as some people display no manners or common sense nowadays. Even though the person was a jerk, it was good to be able to share the comment with people who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and get things done.
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Would love to subscribe. I see others have had trouble also. I use FireFox.
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Hello, are you still taking subscriptions to receive your planner? I couldn’t get it to work, got a 404 error.
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I freeze peaches and the use them to can pie filling. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING TO DO. i would like to know why. I usually add the frozen peaches to the thick syrup usuing clear gel. I do let the peaches thaw somewhat .
There are a couple of different issues.
One – if you freeze the peaches first, then can them, I would expect the texture to get quite soft. Many people prefer firmer pieces of peach.
The second, and more important issue from a food safety perspective, is the potential for uneven heating. If you’re packing half frozen peaches in a hot syrup, you’re likely to have hot and cold spots in the jar. A cold spot in the wrong spot could also cause a jar to shatter.
Ideally, you want the contents of any any jar to be evenly heated all the way through, held at the proper temp for the proper amount of time.
As you’ve no doubt discovered because you’re still here to ask the question, acidic fruit with sugar syrup is forgiving. The acid in the fruit inhibits spoilage, as does the sugar in the syrup. (The sugar binds up free water, which bacteria need to grow.)
FREE GARDENING JOURNAL TEMPLATES AND OTHER GARDEN RECORD KEEPING TIPS
I found the article above, but could not find any link in the article to download the templates.
Can you please provide the link?
Thanks,
John
John, the gardening journal templates are a subscriber bonus, like the Homesteading 101 ebook. When someone subscribes, they get sent a link to the download page. If you’d like, I can add you to the newsletter list, or you can use one of the forms on the site to join. I checked and noticed that you are not a subscriber yet.
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I would like to be put on your email list. There wasn’t a place to subscribe.
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I sent out this week’s newsletter just a bit ago, so I’ll send that to you directly so you don’t miss it.
I love making thins from scratch. I love chocolate mint tea and have been looking to purchase chocolate mint tea. I now see that I could make my own.
You’re my new go-to-guru for all things planticimal.
Grateful. Thank you. Oh, one other thing… To make tea is it purely ‘leaves’ or can whole plants go in. And the root?
I have so many questions. Off to continue my research. Have shared you, of course, to my planty pals. And pals who can’t sleep or have stress or pain. All my contacts then.
Bravo!
Hi Caroline, and welcome.
If you’re referring to wild lettuce, typically the leaves are used, but you can also use leaves and stem if you like. If you are drying some for later use, the leaves dry more uniformly.
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You confirmation email was sent out this afternoon, so you entered your email correctly. Have you checked your spam folder?
I just started reading your blog post and have found them helpful. But I don’t see a subscription button. I do use Firefox, if that makes a difference. Can you add me? Thanks!
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I tried Brave, Firefox and IE and was unable to subscribe successfully. Please add me!
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Natural remedies for ringworm creams not working
What and how much are you using? You may need to use more, or try something different if a fungal infection doesn’t respond to one type of treatment. (As time goes on, many different microbes are becoming more resistant.) Pau D’arco tea is very good for fungal infections. Calendula salve is also anti-fungal, as are a number of different herbal salves.
Hi Laurie
I realized just as I was clicking on “Post Comment” that the auto fill feature on my computer filled in my whole name. I would like to edit the subscription to only include my first name for comments on this site.
Thanks
Linda
Can do. Answering your other comment now.
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Your very sweet and i appreciate that you are so helpful especially under all the time consuming demands glad to be apart of the crew.
Welcome Sheila.
I’ve baked bread for years, but learned so much more with the wonderful presentation. I would enjoy seeing more of Laurie, demonstrating additional food preparation skills.
Thank you very much.
Mary
Thank you for your kind words, Mary. I hope to make more time to do videos this winter, once our big building project is done and all of the garden (except the greenhouse) is sleeping. We’re tackling building a combination garden shed/coop this fall, and it’s turned into quite the project.
Alas, I too am one of the buttonless who wish to subscribe! Loved your presentation at the Mother Earth Homesteading Summit! Looking forward to the bread info and ebook link…thanks! Using Firefox, newest version….
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Laurie: I’m already subscribe to your news letter and I saw your presentation on the mother earth homesteading summit on bread baking, so I wondered if I can still get a copy of your “Bread Baking Troubleshooting Guide”. loved the presentation. thanks
I’ll be sending out the link to the bread making printable in tomorrow’s newsletter for all current subscribers.
I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for being ahead of the game.
I promise the newsletter will get out sometime today! Just running behind with other projects again. I need a clone!
Barb Herron again-I would love your e-book about bread making. Thanks!
I’ll be sending out the link to the bread making printable in tomorrow’s newsletter for all current subscribers.
Hi Laurie- I have been a subscriber and I must admit that I always read it. I feel like I know you from your posts. I have been baking bread for years, more so now that I am retired!! I am on the lookout for the bread pans that you use, bread sometimes burns a little on the bottom. I have always been the “odd one” in the group because I don’t use my dryer-I have maybe 10 times over the last 8 years. I love to hang out clothes, they smell so wonderful especially when it is cold!! Thanks for all the inspiration, yahoo!
If you know someone who sells Pampered Chef, their stoneware loaf pans are my absolute favorite.
I am already subscribed, but would like to receive the ebook.
Cathy, I’ll be sending out the bread info and ebook link to all subscribers in tomorrow’s newsletter.
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Hi, These days I am home bound due ill health, so I am looking for new things to do here at home; looking to improve health awareness.
Welcome, Susie.
There wasn’t a subscribe box. I use Safari but I also have Chrome. Maybe Ill try on Chrome and see if there is a subscribe box. I love your site. Im a total amateur but Im enthusiastic and teachable! 🙂
Looks like you got it to work on Chrome. Welcome!
Hi Laurie. I’ve been enjoying the two newsletters I received since I subscribed on May 2. Somehow I must have missed the download directions for “Common Sense Homesteading 101” and would enjoy that as well. Please let me know how to do that. My parents gardened organically fifty years ago, and I have done so off and on since my family was young. Now that I’m retired I live in my parents’ old house with forty acres and want to do more. Thanks, Marilyn
THANKS
for your early reply I was just wondering the net to find some agriculture related articles for time pass and came across your wonderful website, I am encouraged by the history shared by you and about your husband. I have the similar story but lacking courage and waiting for the right time and miracle to happen. I am masters in agronomy and after serving in fertilizer company have lost my job in MAY 2015 and still in shock to recover from the disaster.
Your history gave me courage to write these lines and will provide me the energy to see the world differently.
Regards,
Atiq ur Rehman
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Dena, I entered your information and your confirmation email should be on its way.
I love your newsletters and have been a member for a short time now and I was wondering if old members can still get your ebook Common Sense Homesteading 101. I would even be willing to pay for it. Thanks so much, Teresa
On its way!
I use Firefox. Please sign me on and send the link for your ebook. Thank you so much I am excited about all you say. Blessings and Thanks.
I just put in your info and your confirmation email with download link should be on its way! Welcome!
i subscribed and have not recieved the confirmation email or the link for the e-book as of yet.. Help please.
Are you sure you haven’t received it, because I just checked the email service and it says it was sent on May 30th and that you verified, and you’ve been opening newsletters – unless you’re sharing your account with someone? I’ll email you shortly with more info.
Using Firefox, so I guess there is still a problem. Please sign me on and send the link for your ebook. If it’s as good as your site, I don’t want to miss it. Thanks.
Gail, watch your email for a confirmation link.
I would love to have the ebook that is free to subscribers. I had already signed up and I can’t figure out how to get it. I saw on another post that it is a PDF…but I can’t find a link (if there is one…lol). Thanks!
There is a download link on the successful subscription page, and in the welcome email, but I’ve sent a copy to your inbox for your convenience.
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I would like to subscribe and receive your free e-book. My web browser is Opera on a windows 8 pc.
I have your information entered, so you should be receiving a confirmation email shortly.
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Never saw a subscription form to fill out.
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Hi Laurie, I subscribed to your site, but so far have not seen a confirmation email. Very interested in the information you blog and appreciate the time you put into it. Hope you can help get me started. Interested also in the e-book. Thanks much!
Becki, I just checked Aweber (the newsletter service I use), and it shows your status as Pending, with “Confirmation Message sent Today, 12:20am”. Check your spam filter and junk mail folders, as sometimes the emails end up there because they’re not directly from a person.
Trying this again….my post from yesterday obviously never made it.
I also can’t find the subscribe button and would like to subscribe and also receive the ebook you mention.
Please add me.
Thank you. Ingrid
Your confirmation email is on its way. I manually check comments because some spammers still get past the spam filters, and I just didn’t have a chance to check until now.
I would love to become a subscriber…. and also receive the ebook that you offer (thank you!) 🙂 … but I too can’t see a ‘subscribe’ button…. Help, please?
Thanks, Ingrid
Please add me to your subscription. There is no button to subscribe.
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I signed up to get weekly publishing but missed out on the free ebook. Is there a way the link could be sent to my email. Thank you
Headed your way from the laurie at commonsensehome dot com email.
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Can do. Check your inbox for a confirmation email with link to click to confirm your subscription.
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I couldn’t find the subscribe button. I use Foxfire and a add-on called noscript that stops a lot of scripts on sites. It is a security feature and Google (the collector of large amounts of information) is normally blocked along with a lot of social sites. Pain in the backside? A little, but I prize my privacy while being available in the world. I am also known as The Body Whisperer and love what I do in the health arena. I came by you via Marjory Wildcraft’s Home Grown Food Summit, though a pity that I couldn’t view your presentation due to internet connectivity problems. I have sent her an email, but as busy as she is I figure she hasn’t had time to consider it.
I look forward to exploring your site and I hope that I can still view your homesteading book. I like how you described yourself and really appreciate authentic folks, sharing what they love.
Blessings,
~Thunder, The Body Whisperer
The subscription box is a script, so that would do it. I feel your pain on internet connectivity issues. We’re on a slow country connection, and it took me over an hour to upload the presentation.
The book is a download in pdf format, and not terribly huge, so hopefully you can access it. If the download doesn’t work, email me at laurie at commonsensehome dot com and I’ll try sending it directly. I entered your information, so you should receive a confirmation email shortly.
searched but with no luck. i’m using firefox (turned all script blocking off). please add me.
On it – check your inbox or spam folder for a confirmation email with a link to click on.
Would like to subscribe using firefox thank you
On it – check your inbox or spam folder for a confirmation email with a link to click on.
Hi Laurie,
I would like to subscribe please. Using Firefox and still can’t see a subscription box. Thanks!
Sarah
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Ruthie, check your inbox for a confirmation email.
I did find a subscribe area above the “Scrolling” window. I may have been able to subscribe after all. Thanks in advance for checking. TIm
Okay, give up is not an option. I turned off all blocking apps and still confused as to where the subscribe link should be. I am just starting to (re)learn about gardening and would love it if you would add me. I remember foraging through the garden during playtime. A quick carrot or onion would keep me from being hungry until play time was over. Unfortunately, I did not pay enough attention to my parents gardening after I was around seven years old. What I wouldn’t give to know all they knew then. Thanks in advance. Happy Sustainability….. Tim
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I would like to subscribe as well please.
Thanks!
Chantal, you have signed up but still need to confirm your subscription. You should have received an email with a confirmation link. Check your spam folder.
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I would like to subscribe, I am using Google Chrome, I don’t see a subscription box anywhere.
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I am just getting started, but I try to do things from scratch whenever possible!
I have been canning and growing a lot of my own stuff, one allergies, have books on all kinds of stuff we can gather from out side weeds as some would say,but home remedy’s and tea’s I have made from stuff I grow, Still learning, and growing food and herbs, I find it a lot of fun and some thing I get excited about, every year, this new year is growing ginger in a pot, drives my other half a little crazy but …I love it
Learning keeps you young. 🙂
I, like the others, am unable to subscribe to your site because there is no “subscribe box”. I was raised in the country and we gardened and canned vegetables and meats too. Both sets of my grandparents were farmers too. I learned so much from my grandmother and have many of her recipes for special items to bake and preserve. My father was a big hunter and we always had canned venison in the “can cupboard”. Fresh is Best!!! Please subscribe me. Thank you for your assistance. I appreciate it.
Hi Nita, and welcome to the site. Check your inbox for a confirmation email for your subscription.
Loving this site! Homesteading is a passion burning in my heart, I long for a simple life with my family 🙂 looking forward to this journey. But, I am unable to download the free E book. Could you please send me a copy? Thank you so much.
Hey subscribed but will not let me download your ebook. Can you hook a farm girl up. Thanks
Hi Laurie, I love your website and how informative everything is for those of us who are just starting out. I can’t wait to try out another recipe …. but I can’t find that link to your E-book on my sign-up newsletter and would so love to read it . . . where in the welcome e-mail is the link supposed to be? Thanks for all that you do : )
The link is on the Successful Subscription page, but lots of people have been missing it so I just added another link to the welcome email. Check your inbox for a copy of the pdf.
Welcome!
I’ve subscribed, and been reading your posts (love them!!) and I want to read the ebook but I can’t seem to get to it now. Can you help me?
Just sent a copy to your inbox.
Hi, I subscribe because I really love your page and also wanted to read your e-book, but can’t seem to find it! Thank you! And did I mention I love your page?!
Hi Nadia. I emailed a copy to you directly. The download link is on the Successful Subscription page.
Hej Laurie
I have also subscribed but it seams that I have the same problem like the others. I cannot see the download link to your book. I am very interested to read it.
Best regards
The download link is on the successful subscription page, and I think sometimes people just miss it as they are clicking through. Check your inbox shortly. 🙂
Thank You…so much GREAT! info..!!!
I do not have the availablity to subscribe – no box Please assist
Thank you
Hi Sharon. Check your email for a confirmation link and the link for your book download.
Have tried to get to the book link several different ways, but have not been able. Confirmed subscription and even subscribed again. Help, please?
Chris, the download is available on the successful subscription page. Check your inbox. I’ve mailed you a copy directly.
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I asked to be subscribed at the end of October, but you never replied to me. This is my second attempt, please sign me up! I love this site. 🙂
I would love to subscribe and get your e-book. My husband andI are acively pursuing this lifestyle and I would love to connect with you and others for support and ideas. Using Firefox, thank you.
Mary – check your inbox for a confirmation email, and welcome.
I would also like to subscribe and recieve your free ebook
would like to subscribe please…. Thank You
Teresa, you’re already on our email list, so please check your spam folder to see if you’ve been missing emails. I just sent you an email with a link to the download page for the free e-book.
I can not get to the link to down load the free “Common Sense Homesteading 101: 7 Steps to Become more Self-Reliant Now” I have signed for it.
Michelle, I’m emailing you a copy directly.
I’m currently making a transition from working to doing what I am passionate about. Although I don’t have all the necessary skills to be the Homesteader that I want to be. I will be loyal to this wesite in order to discover more of what I need.
Welcome, Ethel, and I hope you find the website helpful on your journey.
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Subscribed, but unsure what I need to go to get your book.
The link to the e-book is on the Successful Subscription page.
I can not subscribe and would LOVE TO!!!!! Please let me know what needs to be done.
Hi, I don’t see a box either but would to subscribe! Please let me know what I need to do!
Thank you!
Jess, I’ll enter your information and you should receive a confirmation email shortly.
Not seeing a subscribe box. Please subscribe me. Perhaps time to get another website manager. Using firefox as my browser.
I could get a new website manager – if I had a website manager. As it stands, I manage the website, do the projects and research covered in the posts, take the photos, edit the photos, write the posts, answer the comments and pretty much everything else on the website – all while homeschooling my kids and growing and preserving much of our own food. Over 19,000 people have signed up without a hitch, but for some reason once in a while someone has a browser issue and the form doesn’t display. I appreciate everyone’s patience with the vagaries of website glitches, and their understanding that it is just me manning the place on a day to day basis, not a team of people.
Hell of a great page with a lot of cool features, but you still have no link to subscribe. You do have a link to a subscribe page off your “Getting Started Homesteading” menu option but that just leads you here, and there’s no place on this page to input your data and fire off a request.
Please subscribe me. Thanks!
Shelah
There should be a subscription box on the page, but it doesn’t appear in some browsers (and we haven’t been able to identify why). I’ll get your information entered manually.
Laurie, I’ve subscribed but haven’t received any new emails from you and I would love to download your free copy of your book. I truly love your site and am so glad I got to hear you speak on Self-Reliance Summit this week. Awesome interview Laurie.
Thank you for the kind words. Check your email for the download link.
Hello Laurie. I just subscribed and I for some reason cannot download the free copy of the book. Can you help? It looks like a ton of great info and would love to read it. Thanks.
Robert R Manners
A copy is headed your way.
Laurie,
I just subscribed and was unable to download your book as well. Would you mind sending me a copy too?
Thanks,
Josh Beall
On its way!
Me too! 🙂 didn’t get the evil link.
Glad to have found you, please subscribe me.
Connie, you should receive your confirmation email shortly.
Please manually subscribe me to your posts. My browser is Firefox. Thanks!
Subscribe please!
Not seeing the “subscribe” button, either. Can you manually enter us?
Julie – taking care of it right now. You should receive emails shortly.
There is no “subscribe” button- I tried both Chrome and IE…what now?
There is no place for me to subscribe.
Sherry – I’ll manually enter your information. Not sure why the subscription box won’t show up for you. As far as I can see, it’s displaying correctly, but maybe it doesn’t work with some browsers or settings.
Just checked, and you are on the subscription list already with the email you entered above. If you’re not receiving emails (which come out 1-2 times per week), they may be getting caught in your spam filter.
No place to subscribe
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I am unable to subscribe.
Please add me!! I cant get it to save…[email protected]…cant wait to absorb it all!
Done. Watch for your confirmation email.
I am unable to subscribe.
Sherry, my subscription service sign up forms are still down, but they are working to resolve the problem. I’ll email when they are functioning again.
I am unable to subscribe.
I’m not a gardener, I like home remedies and I like sharing stuff that I’ve read about.
I could be being really silly, but i can’t find a subscribe box.
Danni
That is not even a little bit silly. I don’t know what happened, but for some reason the script for the sign up box just vanished from the page html. Very strange. Thanks for asking, and it should be working now.
My Mom did a lot of preserving and growing her own food while I was growing up and know it’s instilled in me. More and more I am getting into growing my own medicinal plants. It is always good to get ideas from others who are doing the same.
Thanks Heather
Welcome! I was raised with gardening and preserving, too, so it’s great to be able to share that with my boys, and to connect with others. It might not be mainstream yet, but maybe some day. 🙂
The BEST cherries I EVER had were the really sour cherries we used to jar back when I was a kid. Unfortunately the tree stopped producing at some point and was replaced but it’s just not as good any more.
Thanks for the reminder! I think I need to buy a cherry tree!
We put in three cherry trees last year. 🙂
What kind of cherry trees and where do you buy them. We live in southeast Minnesota and have been starting to plant fruit trees and we are trying to become more self sufficient. so I love your site and I cAn learn so much you are so close to me. I think we will try to see solar this October. Would be so great.
We have some sweet and tart cherries, varieties that are supposed to be hardy to zone 4, purchased from Stark Brothers Nursery. Stark has a widget on their site that will screen trees and plants by zone hardiness.
Hi I am already signed up/subscribed.
You claim “With your subscription, you’ll also get access to my new e-book, “Common Sense Homesteading 101: 7 Steps to Become More Self-Reliant Now”.
Do I also get access to the ebook?
On it’s way to the email address you used to comment.
I was wondering the same question as Andrew
There’s a download link on the successful subscription page, and another in the confirmation email. I’ll also email you a copy.
I loved your bread presentation and how easy you made it look.
I am already a subscriber too.
Glad that you enjoyed the presentation. I’ll be sending out the link to the bread making printable in tomorrow’s newsletter for all current subscribers.
Watched your bread making presentation, really enjoyed it, thank you! Couldn’t find the subscription button in Firefox so tried this page in IE and it did appear. Thought I had subscribed (would love your bread recipe!), but have not received a confirmation email. Nothing in my spam folder either. Thanks so much!
hmmm… checked the subscriber list, and it’s showing you as “confirmation pending”. I’m suspecting that your email provider may be blocking my email service. Did you add “laurie at commonsensehome dot com” to your safe senders list? Sometimes that helps, sometimes I simply can’t get through.
All the recipes on the site are listed at https://commonsensehome.com/recipes/, including the sandwich bread I made in the video. (First recipe on the list under “Yeast Breads”.
Dear Laurie
HI my name is Russell & I am 42 years old, every sense I was a kid I was interested in learning the wild edible plants that grow around our home & property we live in central Illinois, I have bought several books from the net that all say about the same stuff, the berries, wild fruit trees, nut trees, and so on but I cant find the greens that grow here, & good info so that I get the right plant. What I am talking about is like wild mustard, ramps, sour dock & I think I know these plants but want to know for sure I do have the right plants, & what to do to fix them the different ways they can be eaten ? please help Thank You
Have you checked out the Weekly Weeder series? There’s a lot of info there – https://commonsensehome.com/wildcraftingweekly-weeder/
My favorite wildcrafting books and resources are listed here – https://commonsensehome.com/wildcrafting-books/ Sam and Katrina’s books would probably be the best fit for what you need.
Your well on your way . I have only been doing learning herb wild edibles and medical since covid .I self teach and curiousty will probably kill me one day I make all my medications no more death by Dr s . Your doing a great job info and knowledge should be free with all the love . Be well nice to know like mined people wow are will to share there fallers and success . Be well and be true . ANDY Savage
subscribe please very good information!!
Check your email for a confirmation link! Welcome.
Could not get the subscription link to work.
Bruce, I’ve sent you a direct email.