Comments for Suburban Homesteading - The Frugal Living

Comment on Recycling Gray Water for Home Gardens by coleen

coleen — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:38:25 +0000

What a great post! We have friends Down Under and just about everyone has their house plumbed to capture their gray water. We live north of Atlanta and, while we are not a desert, we have local water issues. I have thought about reclamation of our gray water; you’ve inspired me to actually DO IT! Thank you.

Comment on Figuring Out Fall by Author

Author — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:46:08 +0000

Hi Lee,

Thanks for the info. I’m sure our readers will find it helpful. Fortunately, I have a resource for seasoned split firewood. It is usually more than a year old. All I have to do is haul it away and stack it at my place.

Comment on Figuring Out Fall by Lee

Lee — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:14:47 +0000

Firewood should be seasoned at least a year prior to burning it, so you may have to buy pre seasoned wood. In the future try and keep a years supply stocked ahead of time and cycle through it that way. Also, when hand-splitting, wait until the log rounds are dry enough to begin to split open along the grain. Much easier splitting dried wood with a maul than wet unseasoned wood, believe me I’ve tried both!

Comment on Make Your Own Honey Cow by Author

Author — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:10:51 +0000

Thanks! A self sufficient life is a secure life. Good luck and enjoy your journey.

Comment on Moonlight Yoga and Moving On by Mike Bawden

Mike Bawden — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:22:13 +0000

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Comment on Taking Stock of a Simple Life by chris @ backacrehomestead.com

chris @ backacrehomestead.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:49:47 +0000

Sometimes it can be really difficult to enjoy the fruits of your labor because you have so much labor! lol

It sounds like you have quite a spread! I hope to be as fruitful as you in the not too distant future. I’d also love to build a greenhouse for my wife…

Comment on 5 Useful Farm Projects Made From Used Shipping Pallets by chris @ backacrehomestead.com

chris @ backacrehomestead.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:45:50 +0000

I love the chicken coop! Your compost bins look just like ours, you just have a bigger operation. We’ve been using pallets for our compost bins for 4 years or so.

Comment on Making Dirt! by chris @ backacrehomestead.com

chris @ backacrehomestead.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:28:54 +0000

We love to compost everything we can… I’m excited to pick up worms tomorrow for our new worm bin, and once we’ve got some good worm castings we’ll be making some compost tea.

You can never, ever, ever have enough compost!

Comment on National Clothesline Week! Seriously! by mandy

mandy — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:01:43 +0000

Gosh, call us Aussies old fashioned, but here in Australia (even in wintery Canberra where I live) the outdoor clothes line is still heavily in use. (How could we deprive generations of kids the joy of a good swing on the rotary hoist!!) When it rains or washing only partly dries due to winter weather we use those things called clothes-airers wire or wood contraptions that are used to and dry things indoors indoors. Its a sign of pending winter when our big hardware store has these up for sale !

(Of course these contraptions are whisked quickly away when unexpected visitors arrive!!)

Tumble driers are for apartment dwellers who don’t have balconies or desperate times in rainy spells.

Sun and wind are FREE, the sun sterilises and things just smell nicer.

Comment on California’s Cheese Trail by LAM

LAM — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:55:16 +0000

I LOVE it! Hope it goes well and you have a great time!!!