Catherine Lugo

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Go Wildcrafting!

No matter where you live, you can create an income stream, or…

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Snake Lore

Words like cold-blooded, venomous, slithery, and cunning come to mind.  Not very…

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Raising Country Kids on the Homestead

If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more…

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Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail

Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…

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Gardening by the Moon

"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." …

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Barnyard Basics of Animal Aid — Animal First Aid

Trust your gut when it comes to your animals and their health. …

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Folk Art: Of the People, By the People, For the People   

The world of folk art is broad, eclectic, ongoing and wonderful. Folk…

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Dutch-oven Cooking

The casserole bubbles invitingly, the coals underneath glow brightly as the aroma…

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The Fine Art of Moonshine – The History of Moonshining

It was a simpler time, before railroads were built or the coal…

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Homesteaders: Stationary Nomads?

They don’t live in houses but instead carry their houses with them.  They…

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White Gold: A Brief History of Salt

People in my family have always been lovers of salt.  That grainy…

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