Homestead Hospitality: Launching Your Dream Airbnb

Imagine offering guests a tranquil escape, a chance to experience the beauty and simplicity of homestead living. Setting up an Airbnb on your property can be a rewarding way to share your passion for sustainable living, meet interesting people, and generate additional income. The key is to create an authentic and welcoming experience that highlights the unique charm of your homestead. Think comfortable accommodations, thoughtful touches, and opportunities for guests to connect with nature and perhaps learn a little about your lifestyle. Creating the Ideal Guest Space Consider the type of accommodation that best suits your property and your desired…

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10 Reasons Why You Should Grow Lavender in your Homestead Garden

Lavender is a beautiful and fragrant herb that is relatively easy to grow. Growing lavender offers a range of benefits, from its beautiful fragrance and visual appeal to its culinary, medicinal, and aromatherapy uses. Growing lavender offers numerous benefits and rewards. Here are ten reasons why you should consider growing lavender: Fragrance: Lavender is renowned for its captivating fragrance. The soothing and aromatic scent of lavender promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and enhances the ambiance of any space. The mere presence of lavender can create a calming atmosphere in your home or garden. Beauty: Lavender plants are visually stunning with their…

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When life gives you lemons …

Wow! I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of several lemon-tree owners that I know. While I, too, am a lemon tree owner, mine is only around 3 years old and has not yet been allowed to bear fruit We are encouraging it to grow bigger before letting it put out too much fruit. And let's be honest, the loss of one or two lemons each year for the long term benefit of the tree is worth it. We use a lot of lemons. Mainly we use them as a cleanse first thing in the morning. A glass of lemon…

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Easy Tomato Passata Recipe

There is nothing I love more than a box full of seasonal fruit or vegetables at the height of summer. Abundance, beauty, nutrition all rolled into one! Our local store recently had 12kg boxes of tomatoes and I couldn’t resist. Why would I? Not only do I love the promise of being able to preserve the flavours of the season, I love the challenge of considering how far I can make the produce stretch, thinking about the various ways I can preserve the produce and creating something that can store easily in my pantry and be utilised well past the…

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How to preserve apricots

Whether you grow your own or find a great deal at your local farmers’ market, a box full of apricots is the smell of summer! Often ripe in the first month of the warm summer season, apricots herald preserving, jam making, drying and often over-indulging in this delightful summer seasonal beauty. The season for apricots in my part of the world is relatively short so when it comes it comes, it comes in a flurry – with a glut of fruit that needs using up or preserving in some way for winter enjoyment. The smell of apricots soon fills my…

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