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Genteel Chamomile

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

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram

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: Messages from The Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce

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

Growing Red Wine Cap Mushrooms on the Homestead

Homesteaders are constantly trying to find a new product they can produce…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

How to Grow a Food Forest in Five Years

In times of uncertainty such as these, becoming as self-sufficient as you…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Fermented Foods: Beneficial Bacteria for the Health-conscious Homesteader

Antibacterial soap, use-anywhere bleach spray, chlorinated water, antibiotics, not to mention the…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

Canning Consternation: Overcoming the Fear of Certain Death

As a self-proclaimed Homesteader, I have spent many years learning and researching…

Caitlin Elicker Caitlin Elicker

A Bird of a Different Feather: Hen of the Woods

You might have woods and you might have hens, but do you…

D. Glenn Miller D. Glenn Miller

Roadside Foraging: 5 Plants to Brake for During Fall Travels

Let’s face it, many of us do a lot of driving. Kids…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst

The Sweet History of Gingerbread

Who can resist the spicy, sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread, especially…

Charles Powers Charles Powers

Handmade Gifts from the Homestead

The holidays should be a time of great joy and peace.  It…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Making Mead: A Celebration of Our Unified Past

Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors…

John Wilson John Wilson

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