There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader pioneer woman on the frontier; the milkmaid; the tender of the flocks; the…
Our fear of snakes seems almost primal. Indeed, along with fear of falling and fear of the dark, it’s, more or less, a universal fear. …
We didn’t invent recycling. Our ancestors did it by necessity. On the original homesteads across North America people re-jigged hard to obtain parts and materials…
Homesteaders have long been some of the most creative folks around. We’re a race of putterers, always tinkering and patching things together. When faced with…
Believe it or not, for most of the 150,000 odd years humans have been walking the earth, we couldn’t drink milk. Children drink milk of…
It’s a fact that, as a species, we bore easily. Curious beings are we, always looking for the innovative and new. This is especially…
What has monoculture ever done for us? Well, it created civilization, that’s what. Cultivating a few key crops enabled us to turn our minds…
I always believed a variety of natural, wholesome foods is pretty much all most people need to eat healthy. This, for me, included whole…
Once, on a late September day, my dear hubby came home, opened the side door, and jumped back with a yelp. A dense mass…
Bravo to those already on their own land, who are old hands at gardening and raising animals and bettering their lives. These are the folks…
