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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Nature Study Peppered Moth, on the site Homestead Acres May 17, 2013 9:20 pm
It was a beautiful day outside, not to hot and not to cold. So needless to say we spent most of it outside! While hubby was working on his lawn tractor he called us over. He found an interesting looking […] -
Kim Mills wrote a new post, Blogilo VS Windows Live Writer, on the site Homestead Acres May 15, 2013 8:52 pm
I do like the WordPress interface, but I really do prefer to blog offline when possible. Living in a rural area our internet can hiccup a lot. I hate being almost finished a post only to lose it when the […] -
Kim Mills wrote a new post, Mother’s Day Snow, on the site Homestead Acres May 14, 2013 5:25 pm
Last week our weather was so nice, we spent most of each day outside. We were taking turns working in the garden, playing and doing our school lessons in the shade of the larger trees. I love days like that! […] -
Kim Mills commented on the post, Homeschooling Without Breaking The Bank, on the site Homestead Acres May 14, 2013 3:14 pm
I know I just about hit the ground when I saw what happened to the old books! I happened to go back to the library the day after the sale and the janitor was through box after box into the dumpster. I guess they […]
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Kim Mills commented on the post, Homeschooling Without Breaking The Bank, on the site Homestead Acres May 14, 2013 3:11 pm
No I haven’t seen Vocabulary is Fun before. Thanks for the link! It looks like one my kids will love.
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Kim Mills commented on the post, Homeschooling Without Breaking The Bank, on the site Homestead Acres May 14, 2013 3:10 pm
Yes I do read your blog
I’m behind though, I haven’t been online much this past week. Sure you can blame the canner on me! LOL 
I’m so glad the videos have been a help!!
I used to use ebay but the […] -
Kim Mills commented on the post, Homeschooling Without Breaking The Bank, on the site Homestead Acres May 3, 2013 1:41 pm
So glad to hear the garden is coming a long, and way to go on the canning!!
I love the idea of making your own scale out of Lincoln Logs. Believe it or not I have yet to find a set of these at a reasonable […]
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Homeschooling Without Breaking The Bank, on the site Homestead Acres May 2, 2013 8:03 pm
The costs of homeschooling can add up quickly if your not careful, but they don’t have to! I’ve been homeschooling for 6 years now and I’ve learned so much in that time from other homeschoolers. I’m so grateful […] -
Kim Mills wrote a new post, Review ~ Home School In The Woods: Great Empires Activity Study, on the site Homestead Acres May 2, 2013 5:09 pm
We’ve taken a break this past month from our normal history studies to use the Great Empires Activity Study from Home School in the Woods. I’ve been looking at a number of their packages to use in our next […]
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Thinking About Moving Out Homesteading Community, on the site Homestead Acres May 1, 2013 5:50 pm
I’m thinking about moving our homesteading community from my blog to G+. I’m not sure yet but I love how the communities there work and it would reduce my workload a lot!
While I’m not sure yet if I will keep […]
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Homesteading As You Age, on the site Homestead Acres May 1, 2013 5:21 pm
I was reading on Countryside Magazines website this morning and I loved the article “Growing Old in the New Normal Will Present Some Special Problems”.
There is so much truth in this and many of these things I’ve […] -
Kim Mills wrote a new post, Hipstreet Aurora Tablet Love It!, on the site Homestead Acres April 30, 2013 11:46 pm
I’ve wanted a tablet for a long time, but the first few years they were out the expense just wasn’t something I could justify. Thankfully they have come down a lot in the last year or so.A few months ago our […]
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Testing Out Google Plus Comments, on the site Homestead Acres April 24, 2013 10:58 pm
A few days ago, Google released a new beta option to use Google Plus comments on their Blogger blogs. I’ve been keeping a close eye on this ever since. I love Google+ and their comment system is great.<a href="http://www.cloudhero.net/gplus-comments" […]
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, A quick video about linking your YouTube channel to a Google Plus Page, on the site Homestead Acres April 24, 2013 8:43 pm
A quick video about linking your YouTube channel to a Google Plus Page.View this post on Google+
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Kim Mills wrote a new post, Stinging Nettle, on the site Homestead Acres April 24, 2013 8:22 pm
I loved this video on stinging nettle by Jim McDonald! I have a nice nettle patch in my yard that I planted a few years ago. I knew it was a wonderful tonic for iron levels during my pregnancies but […] -
Kim Mills wrote a new post, Square Foot Gardening, on the site Homestead Acres April 24, 2013 8:18 pm
Square foot gardening is one of my long time favorite garden methods! I love how it maximizes your space, and done right the companion planting benefits are wonderful. Check out this great article from Mother […] -
Kim Mills posted an update April 24, 2013 4:06 pm
We’ve had a few days of nice warm weather. Now we are getting rain. The buds on the trees are starting to open.
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Kim wrote a new post, Math Rider Review, on the site Homestead Acres April 23, 2013 8:28 pm
Memorizing basic math facts is so important for higher level math. However I believe in young children learning should learn math at their own pace and every child is different. We were recently given the <a href="http://mathrider.com" […] -
Kim wrote a new post, Sacagawea Ebook Knowledge Quest Review, on the site Homestead Acres April 18, 2013 4:39 pm
Knowledge Quest is one of my favourite sources for history resources. One of our family’s current history reading books is Sacagawea (Brave Explorers Every Child Should Know) by Karla Akins and published by […] -
Onyx joined the group Homestead Cookbook April 18, 2013 8:30 am
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