Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in your garden, or you want to venture into some sort of for-profit…
In the early 1980s, I went to Sussex, England to study small-scale agriculture at a Rudolf Steiner center called Emerson College. The course trained…
The ability to read the weather is a valuable skill practiced by our ancestors that has gotten lost throughout the generations. It is convenient…
Whether you are a backyard gardener, an urban homesteader, or you run a commercial farm, the fight against pests and predators is ongoing, especially…
"Go forth under the open sky, and list to Nature’s teachings." ~ William Cullen Bryant, American poet, (1794-1878) "That’s one small step for a…
To a generation who grew up on Lassie, Little House on the Prairie, and Green Acres, living a rural, homesteading lifestyle is about fairy tales…
Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library It occurred to me, as I was writing this, that maybe I…
It’s a fact that, as a species, we bore easily. Curious beings are we, always looking for the innovative and new. This is especially…
How to Create a 12-Month Garden A homestead is not complete without a kitchen garden and a homestead business is not complete without a…
Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail. All of us are entertaining grandiose gardening plans. This year, while planning your…
One man's trash is another's treasure, or in my case, his trash is my container garden. It started two years ago with an experiment.…
"Chamomile is put to divers and sundry uses, both for pleasure and profit, both for the sick and the sound, in bathing to comfort…
The first summer after my husband and I bought our first home, I was very eager to plant as many lovely things as I…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Introduced to the United States by Japan, persimmons offer a colorful splash…
My connection with figs began early. I would have been no older than four when we moved to a little brick house in Greensboro,…
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…
After reading a story on this very website about collecting items in nature for food and crafts, I decided to take a walk in…
There are many reasons why people are drawn to the homesteading lifestyle and sustainable agriculture. There is the lure of living simply and sustainably…
I know somewhere there must be someone who doesn’t like blueberries. I’ve never met this unfortunate soul, however. Whether used fresh over ice cream…
