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5 Natural Sparkling Mocktail Recipes to Make with Your Soda Stream

Discover five natural sparkling mocktail recipes you can make with a SodaStream using real fruit juices, fresh citrus, herbs, and optional honey or maple syrup. From blackberry-lime fizz to cranberry-pear spritzers, these homemade nonalcoholic drinks are easy to customize and beautiful with fresh garnishes from the garden.

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If I Were Starting Our Homestead Over Today, I Wouldn't Do It the Way I Did the First Time

If I were starting our homestead over today, I wouldn't do it the way I did the first time.

After six years at Magnolia Hill, there are things I would absolutely do again... and a few things I would change in a heartbeat. From choosing our house and the amount of land, to raising animals, finding community, choosing our location and even how I would document the journey, hindsight has taught me quite a bit.

Some of the lessons cost us time and money. Others simply came from living here long enough to understand what we really need.

If you're dreaming about a homestead of your own, here's what I wish someone had told me before we started.

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You Don’t Need 6 Acres to Be a Homesteader

What if you don’t need 20 acres, a barn full of animals, or a massive garden to call yourself a homesteader? After years of living on six acres, I’ve learned that homesteading is less about how much land you own and more about how intentionally you live. In this post, I’m sharing what acreage has taught me about time, energy, animals, food preservation, and creating a homestead that actually supports the life you want.

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