Slow progress is better than no progress. – Unknown
Slow progress is better than no progress. – Unknown
A friend is someone who understands our past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are. – Unknown
Do the hard work now so that you can reap the benefits later. – Unknown
Ok, first off I have to say that I love my husband to death. It was so dark in between our houses (we stay in a travel trailer out front of the main house that my daughter stays in) that I get a bit scared of stepping on something when I go between the two houses after dark. When I talk about stepping on something, I mean something like a rattle snake or a tarantula. Talk about traumatizing. I don’t want to go through that. I enough issues without adding to them. So what has he done to make me love him so much?
He made a light to go in between the two houses that I can see without a flash light (since I can never find one when I need one!). Apparently he’s been collecting the stuff to do this for a couple months now, but it didn’t cost him anything but time.
Yes, I know it’s not the prettiest thing, but I have been telling him for years, that I need functional, not pretty. I don’t care how something looks as long as it works when it’s supposed to work.
And this one does!
He used an axle for the post, a tire for the base (lord knows we have a lot of them laying around here), a globe from another light fixture that no longer worked, a daylight sensor and an extension cord for power. So this light only comes on once the sun goes down and it shuts off when the sun comes up in the morning.
Just proof that what many would consider junk can be brought back to life with a new use.
I would love to see what you have used that others would call junk to make something useful. Leave a comment and let me know what you are doing.
Have a great day!
Renee
You are not weak. People like us, we’re brave. We’re the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting. – Jen Wilde
Know your worth, then add tax. – Unknown
Be thankful not just for where you are, but for who is there by your side. – Unknown
Give yourself credit for how much you’ve done and how far you’ve come. You’ve done such an amazing job so far! – Unknown
You are the CEO of your life. Set you own rules. – Unknown
Note to self: nothing and nobody are worth the pain of stressing over. Life goes on without them. – Unknown
Whatever you lose this week, you weren’t supposed to have. What’s meant to be yous is on the way, and it’s even more amazing than you can imagine. – Unknown
Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect. – Rhonda Byme
At the end of hardship come happiness. – Unknown
So one of the things I got asked quite often is how do you make money on your farm or your homestead. There’s actually several ways that this can be done. The most common is by selling your surplus this could be eggs animals or produce out of your garden.
The other way as by using what your animals provide you to make other items such as soap moisturizer Cheese and other Dairy items. These are probably the most common ways to make money on your farm.The next ideas are to get creative. You can make all kinds of stuff out of most peoples trash. If you know how to weld you can use any scrap metal and make different things towel holders paper towel holders toilet paper holders magazine racks you can come up with so many different things that you can make out of scrap metal.
If you can crochet you can do blankets or scarves or hats or beanies or dolls any number of things that can be done with yarn. Or if you’d like woodworking you could do something with that you could make signs you could make wreaths to hang on the door.
There are really so many different ways that you could make money on your farm. A little hard work and a lot of creativity can bring quite a bit of money in. Still it may not be enough to live on but it can be a big help in the long run.
Have a great day!
Renee
Live the moment. – Unknown