Think back to your grandparents, or maybe your great-grandparents and the stories they used to tell you. Chances are they were full of self-sufficiency, gardens,…
I have personally tried all the natural alternatives in this article, and I have replaced the costly chemical products with these alternatives. Not only are…
Something major changed at the end of 2019. You didn’t notice it. Nobody did, really. What changed? That change has led me to believe that…
There weren’t many thrift shops around when I was growing up. There was a mentality, perhaps leftover from the Great Depression, that they were only…
They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend. That may be true for some girls, but this country gal’s best friends are baking soda &…
I love the hard, dirty work that goes along with homesteading but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the fancy, scented soaps and lotions at…
I don’t know about you and the folks at your house, but I used to be pretty stupid. When I was single, I ate out…
Many people begin homesteading as a way to escape the rat race only to discover you still need some type of income. One of the…
When I was a kid, my family was fueled by convenience foods. With two working parents, the idea of coming home and preparing a…
In 2007, Americans spent five times as much on prescription drugs as they did just six years earlier. In 2002, Consumer Reports found that 65…
A while back, there was a commercial that had people walking around carrying “their number.” The number represented the amount of money each person…
It is indeed a strange paradox that the internet enables me to pursue the “simple life”. Fresh out of college, my wife and I…