Who can resist the spicy, sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread, especially during the holidays? There is something about that smell and the memories it…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Introduced to the United States by Japan, persimmons offer a colorful splash…
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…
Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We insist that tomatoes are a fruit, but nobody ever puts…
An Alternative Crop for Your Homestead Growing horseradish on your homestead offers several benefits. First, it is a perennial, which means it only needs…
My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in the central part of…
Just like the squirrels I watch as I jog near my rural Missouri home each morning, every fall I get the urge to store…
Although my husband and I are not off the grid, we don't want to rely on public utilities if we don't have to. So,…
Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we are gearing up to preserve the fruits of our labor. Preserving…
I first learned about haybox cooking in England, in the 1980s. It was part of a course in Biodynamic Farming and Gardening that included…
Almost every homestead I know of has found a way to incorporate herbs into their garden. But did you know that it is possible…
I always believed a variety of natural, wholesome foods is pretty much all most people need to eat healthy. This, for me, included whole…
If you are looking for hardy additions for your edible landscape, elderberries and goji berries are two top choices. Both berries are edible and…
Everyone has their own morning routine, their own private formula for embracing the new sunrise. For some it may be yoga stretches, turning the…
For those of us who are forced to homestead in an urban environment, growing our own food can be a challenge. We might prefer…
Although we grow most of what we eat, there are times I need to buy produce from other vendors at our farmers market or…
So, you are a homesteader or a wanna-be looking for a low-footprint, minimal-labor technique to grow tasty, nutritional, organic food? Are you also searching…
On our farm, we enjoy being as independent as possible. To offset the ever-increasing costs of groceries, we have raised beef cattle, chickens for…
People in my family have always been lovers of salt. That grainy white stuff in the shaker on the dinner table was the star…
This spring, we undertook a radical transformation on our homestead. After seven years of raising animals for meat (chicken, turkey, quail, duck, rabbit), and…
