Starting a forest garden on your homestead is one of the best things you can do—for your own needs and those of your family, your…
A few years ago, we undertook a radical transformation on our homestead. After seven years of raising animals for meat (chicken, turkey, quail, duck, rabbit),…
"I believe the Great Creator has put oil and ores on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must…
***Editor's note: this article was written pre-COVID-19 So, I’m not at home. My family is on a forced internment inside the bowels of the fourth…
It doesn’t take long for those who get involved in the homestead movement to become interested in the lost kitchen skills of our grandparents and…
My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in the central part of the…
The air is crisp and our summer clothes are being changed out for sweaters and scarves. Instagram is full of pumpkin patch pictures. Autumn is…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Persimmons like a warm climate but other than that, they are not particularly…
It was a cool and gloomy morning in the mid-October woods. But despite the lack of sunshine, the timber had a glorious glow. This particular…
If you have been gardening for some time, you know how superior the food you grow is compared to store-bought produce. Maybe you grow enough…
The casserole bubbles invitingly, the coals underneath glow brightly as the aroma fills the air around the campfire. Your mouth is watering in anticipation of…
Homesteaders are accustomed to spending time at home and taking on projects in the kitchen. Now that everyone has been spending more time at home,…
