25 Ways to Homestead in the City
When most people think of homesteading, visions of sprawling pastures and big…
How to Improve Heavy Clay Soil
Heavy clay soil is common throughout much of the United States, including…
Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Navigating Life Allergic to Your Homestead
The risks of country living are outweighed only by the rewards of…
Pumpkin Palooza: Sweet & Savory Pumpkin Recipes to Try This Fall
The air is crisp, and our summer clothes are being changed out…
Processing Poultry: City Folk Learn to Dispatch and Dress Chickens
A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind…
Like Water for… Tomatoes? Year-round Gardening with Hydroponics
Imagine plucking a ripe, round tomato right from the stem and sinking…
While You’re Waiting: How to Start Homesteading Today
The homesteading life is one that is admired by most and desired…
10 Ways to Reduce Microplastics on Your Homestead
One reason my husband and I chose to homestead was to live…
Coconut Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies, aka Scotchies
Holy cow, homesteaders! I may have just found my new favorite cookie…
From Lawn to Garden: A Year of No-Till
We had a small 10 x 10-foot vegetable garden in our backyard.…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Country Neighbors
When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy…
