Ya know what I hate? I hate leaving the farm. For almost any reason. Leaving the farm means that I’ve gotta get in my CAR,…
Every corner has been cut; every quarter has been squeezed. Diligently, doggedly, sometimes drearily, you and your spouse (if you have one) have toiled for…
As modern-day homesteaders, we believe from our heads to our hearts that we MUST reject a lot of what is taken for granted by the…
You've got your veggie gardens planted and your free-range chickens are happily scratching around eating their own weight in bugs and laying beautiful eggs for…
I'd like you to meet my son. He's six years old, cute as a bug and smart as a whip. Now where could he be? …
In the grand scheme of acquiring, establishing, and running your homestead, you will be paying A LOT of people. You’ll be paying the sellers of…
Dreaming about living in the country is easy, even when you’re not quite there. Rural images ripple unbidden through burbling brooks of the mind like…
The following is a true story. Names have not been changed to protect the innocent. On a picnic one fine day several years ago, my…
They looked innocent enough, like fuzzy giant skittles bouncing around the tub. My friend had purchased colored Easter chicks for her daughters and had assumed…
When I had my dairy goats in Wisconsin nothing bothered them, and they lived happily and without a care in the world. So when I…
Over the course of the last 25 years, I have gardened both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, and I have compiled a Gardener's List of…
Homesteaders vs. Survivalists: Conflicting Interests or Alternative Routes to the Same Destination? A funny thing happened when I got caught in the Interwebs. Not that…
