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From Cucina Povera to Conscious Cookery: Timeless Garden-to-Kitchen and Back Again Smarts
Eating in season. Eating locally. They’re not just foodie buzzwords, that’s how…
Quilting: Recycling Made Beautiful
We didn’t invent recycling. Our ancestors did it by necessity. On the…
Small-scale Homesteading: How Much Do You Really Need?
I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs. One in particular chronicles…
Black Gold: Make Your Own Natural Charcoal
We haven’t set the mountain on fire... yet. But it is always…
The Thrill of the Small-Animal Auction
It was 9:00 on a frigid Saturday night in mid-January. The sun…
The Economics of Being a Cheap-o: How to Retire Without a Huge Pension and Enjoy It
It got me thinking after I had been to one of the…
Insider’s Guide to Buying a New Car, Homesteader Style
When I was younger, I worked as a new car salesman for…
A Summer of Hot Inflation on the Homestead
By all indications, the inflation of consumer prices in 2021 has only…
A Natural, Non-toxic Clean for Your Whole Homestead
When guests begin making their way to my humble home, I start…
Buddhist Economics: It Makes More Than Cents
Who could imagine that young people, charmed by notions of small-scale farming,…
