Your Medicinal Garden: Ten Herbs to Plant This Spring
Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail. All…
Permaculture: The Truly Sustainable Way of Life
What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture. A system for feeding and caring for…
Got (Raw) Milk?
On your way to greater self-sufficiency, you have purchased a dairy cow…
American Farmers Today Part Three: The Lances
Read Part One: The Whitmires Read Part Two: Martin and the Mackeys…
American Farmers Today, Part Two: Martin and the Mackeys
Read Part One: The Whitmires Christina Martin, along with business partner John…
Strange Edibles
The vegetable garden is usually one of the first steps taken toward…
Free Eats! Combating the Rising Cost of Food
I try really hard to keep within our food budget. I also…
Make Your Own Fermented Drinks
After waging war on all the germs and bacteria we know are…
Beneficial Bugs
When I first started gardening, I knew I would probably be spending…
The Lazy Harvest: Start Saving Water and Money in Just a Few Hours with a DIY Rainwater Catchment System
Want a quick but very useful and effective homesteading project you can…
Homesteading in Appalachia
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian…
American Farmers Today Part One: The Whitmires
I recently watched a movie produced by Robert Kenner called Food, Inc., a…