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How Sears Roebuck Helped Homesteading Happen

The year was 1886. Sears Roebuck helped homesteading happen quite by accident,…

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Johnny Appleseed: The Myth and the Man

There are still those who think he was a myth, which is…

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Will’s Good Store

There weren’t many thrift shops around when I was growing up.  There…

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Haybox Cooking on the Homestead

I first learned about haybox cooking in England, in the 1980s. It…

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Creeping Phlox: The Patriotic Posey

Want to beautify an ugly unfriendly patch of ground, an old ditch,…

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Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading

Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and…

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Locavores: Messages from The Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce

You may be about to learn two new words (I did). “Locavore”…

Naked Gardening Exposed!

By now you’ve probably seen the Internet hoopla for World Naked Gardening…

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Put a Little Wolf Song in Your Life

In much of the world, it’s just called muskmelon.  Its skin is…

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Sunflowers: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

What feels like many months ago, I sat out in the front…

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Humor on the Homestead: You Have to Laugh in this Lifestyle

A farmer goes to the bank every week, takes out $100 in…

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