While You’re Waiting: How to Start Homesteading Today
The homesteading life is one that is admired by most and desired…
Keeping Skunks at Bay
Anyone old enough to remember the classic Looney Tunes cartoons is familiar…
Small-scale Homesteading: How Much Do You Really Need?
I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs. One in particular chronicles…
This Homestead Protected by Mother Nature: Homestead Security
The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it…
Keeping the Homestead Dream Alive: What to Do When the Bluebird of Happiness Poops on Your Head
There are a few, a lucky few, folks who were born on…
Seeking the Old Ways: Sources for Homesteading Knowledge
Once upon a time, everyone could find an elder, even if it…
10 Old-Fashioned Homesteading Skills for Self-Sufficiency
What does it mean to be self-sufficient? For some, it might mean…
Gilliard Farms: Snapshots in Time from Black Farmers in America
Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you…
Wintertime on the Homestead
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen…
Raccoon Trapping for Beginners
Trapping is one of the most debated forms of conservation. For some,…
Burnout on the Homestead: It’s Not All for Everyone
Nobody’s life is without challenges. But we homesteaders are among the demographic…
Floating on Snow: Using Snowshoes and Ice Cleats on the Homestead
My husband and I utilize both snowshoes and ice cleats. When strapping…
