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Simple recipes, gardening, preserving, DIY projects, and intentional ways to make everyday life a little more homemade.
Welcome to A Bit More Homemade
Where Would You Like to Begin?
Find practical from-scratch recipes, gardening at any scale, preserving, homemade swaps, DIY projects, and intentional ways to make everyday life a little more homemade.
You do not have to do everything. Start with something.
Choose the part of homemade living that would be most useful or interesting to you right now.
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Six Ways to Make Life a Bit More Homemade
Use these as doorways into the parts of the site you want to explore.
01
From-Scratch Food
Everyday meals, bread, breakfast, sauces, and useful kitchen staples.
02Garden to Table
Raised beds, useful crops, herbs, seasonal planting, and cooking what you grow.
03Preserving
Jams, refrigerator pickles, fermentation, freezing, and saving seasonal food.
04Homemade Swaps
Small, realistic replacements for things you already buy or use.
05DIY & Handmade
Useful projects, simple crafts, natural materials, and things worth making.
06Intentional Living
Use what you have, simplify routines, and make ordinary home life more meaningful.
Choose a First Step
Start With Something You Can Use
One recipe, one garden project, or one preserving skill is enough for today.
Grow
Plant Something Useful
Start with herbs, a raised bed, or vegetables your household already knows it will use.
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Preserve
Save a Little for Later
Try a small-batch jam, refrigerator pickle, fermentation project, or another practical preserve.
Explore Preserving →Popular Places to Begin
Three Beginner-Friendly Recipes
Useful homemade skills you can learn one project at a time.
First Preserve
Homemade Strawberry Jam
A simple way to turn fresh berries into something made at home.
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Quick Preserve
Refrigerator Dill Pickles
A beginner-friendly refrigerator pickle with vinegar brine, garlic, and dill.
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Learn a Skill
Beginner Sourdough Bread
Learn to watch your starter and dough and build confidence one loaf at a time.
Get the Recipe →What A Bit More Homemade Means
You Do Not Need a Homestead to Get Back to Basics
Become more involved with the food you eat, the things you use, the skills you learn, and the way you care for everyday home life without turning it into an all-or-nothing project.
Make one meal. Grow one herb. Preserve one jar. Learn one useful skill. Then decide what you want to try next.
Not Sure Which Direction to Take?
Start With One Small Change
The Start Here page gives you a guided path, or use Explore in the navigation above whenever you want to jump directly into a topic.
