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Homesteading Food articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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The Pawpaw: America’s Secret Native Fruit
Foraging

The Pawpaw: America’s Secret Native Fruit

Ozark banana. Quaker delight. Asimoya. Hillbilly mango. This relatively obscure fruit goes by…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst
haybox cooking on the homestead, homesteading
Homesteading

Haybox Cooking on the Homestead

I first learned about haybox cooking in England, in the 1980s. It…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
Berries

Bramble Blood

There was a time in my life when from spring to September,…

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood
homesteading, homestead, Homemade wines are easy; fill your own glass and those of your friends and family as they make great gifts. And it's fun to make wine at home.
Alcoholic drinks

Crafting Country Wines

Homemade wines are easy and quick to create.  Not only can you…

Marlene Affeld Marlene Affeld
Elder: Heirloom Herb and Source of Elderberry Syrup
Berries

Elder: Heirloom Herb and Source of Elderberry Syrup

The elder is a deciduous shrub of myth, legend, beauty, and usefulness. …

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood
Cooking-with-Fresh-Herbs-from-Your-Garden

Cooking with Fresh Herbs from Your Garden

What can you cook when you have an abundance of herbs growing…

Cheryl Pavic Henner Cheryl Pavic Henner
common-edible-weeds
Food

Weed ‘Em and Eat: 7 Common Edible Lawn Plants for Early Spring

The snow is melting. The birds are chirping. The promise of a…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst
Sorghum is an ancient crop.
Food

Africa’s Super Crop: The Ancient Grain That Thrives Where Others Fail

Imagine if you had the option of inventing a new crop that…

Mary Makumi Mary Makumi
Established Forest Garden
Edible landscaping

Tips from an Established Forest Garden

Starting a forest garden on your homestead is one of the best…

Elizabeth Waddington Elizabeth Waddington
chamomile flowers, chamomile growing tips, facts about chamomile, chamomile fun facts, chamomile history, homesteading
Botany

Genteel Chamomile

"Chamomile is put to divers and sundry uses, both for pleasure and…

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram
Tips On Canning Meat, reasons to can your own meat, canning meat, canned meat, homesteading
Bartering

Top 5 Reasons to Can Your Own Meat

Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat.  I normally can…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly
LOCAVORES

Locavores: Messages from The Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce

You may be about to learn two new words (I did). “Locavore”…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

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