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•Chas, Senior Editor Amy Lisa Barthuly Rose Denson Kristina Duckett Kristin Hoffman Victoria LaFont Catherine Love Crystal Miller Marilyn Moll Leslie Valeska Lisa Vitello
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•KIds and Frugal Living Mmmm.... Turkey, Sweet Potatoes and What else? Autumn Activities Living Green Can be Simple Making Apple Cider Vinegar at Home Check Out this Greenhouse! Compost Bins and the Fall Garden You're help is appreciated A Gathering of Christmas Gift Ideas Medicinal Herbs and Much, Much, More Fall Fun Christmas Ideas Granny Square Tutorial with Pictures Flavored Vinegars Good Site for Identifying Wild Herbs
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Monday Featured Blogger Homestead Garden Traditional Nutrition Tuesday Homestead Barnyard Simple & Frugal Living Going Green Wednesday General Homemaking Putting Food By Homestead or Bust! Thursday Homemade Clean Quilting Friday At Home with Kris Homestead Kitchen Bread Baking 101
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• The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It The Encyclopedia of Country Living Storey's Basic Country Skills Country Wisdom and Know How Barnyard in Your Backyard Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits Chicken Tractor Southern Herb Growing Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces Square Foot Gardening Carrots Love Tomatoes How to Grow More Vegetables Prescription for Nutritional Healing Pay Dirt Let It Rot! The Rodale Book of Composting Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening The Vegetable Gardener's Bible The Complete Tightwad Gazette
Homesteading
• Solar Family Farm Homestead.org Homesteading Today Simple Homesteading Natural Family Home Jason Unbound Homesteading Resources TONS of Homesteading Links Mother Earth News DayCreek.com Countryside Magazine Homesteaders Links Backwoods Home Magazine Christian Homesteaders New Harvest Homestead Homeschool Country e-group Christian Homestead Keepers e-group
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• Hobby Farms Cottage Living Magazine Eating Well Magazine Delicious Living Magazine The Rose Cottage Gazette Mary Jane's Farm Magazine Little Country Village Simple Living Magazine SimplyLiving.org CountryLife.Net Making It Home Magazine
Homemaking
• Choosing Home The Urban Homemaker Practical Homemaking Creative Homemaking Early 19th Century America Ladies Against Feminism Old-Fashioned Homemaking The Family Homestead Laine's Letters A Christian Home A Christian Home - Homemaking Christian Homemaking A Woman's Place
Frugal Living
• Frugal Families The Dollar Stretcher The Frugal Family Network Frugal Living in the UK Frugal Cottage Living FrugalMom.net The Frugal Life FrugalVillage.com Frugal Simplicity Miserly Moms All Things Frugal
Food & Recipes
• Dining on a Dime Betty Crocker Creative Homemaking Menus 4 Moms Cooking Club of America Seeds of Change Dove's Farm Organic Seabreeze Organic Farm Recipes Organic Recipes Cambria Organic Recipes Green Cuisine Recipes Organic Authority Recipes Organic.org
Healthy Living
• Mary Jane's Farm Bob's Red Mill Pleasant Hill Grain The Urban Homemaker Something Better Natural Foods Stoneyfield Farm Cascadian Farms Horizon Organic Dairy Brown Cow Farm Arrowhead Mills Nature's Path Barbara's Bakery Ian's Natural Foods My Family Farm College Farm Organic Avalon Organics Clearly Natural Personal Care Bi-O-Kleen Cleaning Products Earth Notes Organized Home Nancy's Naturals Natural Cleaning Recipes Eco-Cycle Green Cleaning Methods Green Cleaning Recipes
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• Lion Brand Yarn Joann Fabrics KnitPicks.com KnittingHelp.com Knitty.com SockKnitters Socks 101 KnittyGritty The Idea Box
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