Lifestyle

Quick Pickles: The Original Fast Food

I absolutely enjoy a good crunchy pickle, and I want my pickles when I want them. That's why I decided…

12 months ago

The Whippoorwill

Perhaps not surprisingly, some of the strangest things Out There are things that you don’t even see.  The whippoorwill, or…

12 months ago

Michelle, the Boschvelder Hen, and Her Guinea Keets

Growing up, I remember my mother always having Guinea fowl feathers in her hair, and seeing the little paintings she…

1 year ago

Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading

Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and a glass of cool sweet tea.  It was…

1 year ago

Mystical Morels

Different portions of society consider differing seasons as the "busy time".  For retailers, it might be the Christmas season.  For…

1 year ago

Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in your garden, or you want to venture into…

1 year ago

Early Spring Wild Edibles: It’s Time to Go Foraging!

Leaves are unfurling in the masses, enjoying the warm sun and gentle drops of rain as morels are generously filling…

1 year ago

Darkness Tomorrow: No Electricity for A Year

"Honey, did you pay the electric bill?" "Yes, I paid it." "Then why did the electricity go off?" "Look outside…

1 year ago

Raising Country Kids on the Homestead

If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more cupcakes and fewer rice cakes? Would you dust…

1 year ago

Container Gardening in the City: Urban Homesteading on a Budget

One man's trash is another's treasure, or in my case, his trash is my container garden. Container gardening in the…

1 year ago