Making cloth pads is an easy, affordable, and sustainable choice for women. Using several layers of flannel material and sew-on snaps, you can either hand stitch or use a conventional sewing machine to complete the project. For washing, simply soak and rinse a few times before adding to your regular laundry loads.
Tapping Maple Syrup on a Small Homestead
Maple syrup is one of nature’s sweeteners that is easy to collect, process, and preserve. On our small homestead we tap 24 maples using the old-fashioned method of buckets and spiles. We have mainly silver maples on our property which yield less syrup, but we canned 20 pints this year. Maple syrup is a great […]