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Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.

By Magdalena Perks
Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first is either not trying very hard, or lying about it. Farming, gardening, homesteading,…
Homesteading Life

Crofting Life

By Magdalena Perks
A croft is a smallholding (a parcel of rural land under 10 acres) that is rented from a landowner.  Crofting life originated in the Highlands…
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Beat the Vacuum Tyranny

By Magdalena Perks
Years ago, my sister gave me a beautiful Turkish carpet.  It was as big as my living room.  It was high quality, made my paltry…
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Roosters A Plenty

By Magdalena Perks
When I moved to this two-acre croft in Iowa, just outside Iowa City, I was pleased to become part of the management of a flock…
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Rescuing Rural Churches

By Magdalena Perks
  Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by small churches, steeples rising above the farmsteads.  They recall a time when the…
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