Sheri Dixon

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So, THIS is Why I Don’t Watch Television: Scavenging the Urban Jungle for Food

***Editor's note: this article was written pre-COVID-19 lockdowns. So, I’m not at…

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Barn Cats: Thugs of the Homestead

Working when they feel like it, sleeping the day away, partying all…

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Using a Midwife: The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project

***Warning: this article contains some explicit references to childbirth.  If you are…

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Cutting the Utilical Cord 3: Septic – When the Going Gets Tough, Where Will the Tough Be Going?

Read Cutting the Utilical Cord 2: Water – Evicting the Sewer Gators No…

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Cutting the Utilical Cord 2: Water – Evicting the Sewer Gators

Read Cutting the Utilical Cord Part 1:  Turning the Tables on Reddy…

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Cutting the Utilical Cord, Part 1: Electric – Turning the Tables on Reddy Kilowatt

We've scrimped. We've saved. We've searched far and wide. At long last,…

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Live Long and Prosper: Secrets to Attaining Old Age from Around the Globe

Our number one priority on our homesteads is to pay attention to…

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Earth Stewardship 102

Wild turkeys are fickle things. The Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist who…

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Earth Stewardship 101

I grew up a city girl in Wisconsin on a city lot…

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