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 and…
What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture. A system for feeding and caring for ourselves that can be supported indefinitely by Nature because it imitates Nature's own…
If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple Living, or at least heard of it. If you’re a fan of the…
For some baking bread is an art, for some a hobby, while for others it is a daily routine. Bread has been with man for…
Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you could say the soil was rich and the people were poor. Matthew Raiford…
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in buckets, salt feeders buried under…
Nobody’s life is without challenges. But we homesteaders are among the demographic of people who often find ourselves butting up against the very edges of…
Happy New Year, Homesteader! Another year is behind us, a fresh slate is in front of us. Most of us will participate in the time-honored…
Homesteading can be tough, but there are tips and tricks—hacks—for any area of the homestead that can make life a bit easier. Wikipedia defines hack as “any…
When my kids were little, someone gave me a recipe for maple-flavored syrup. I remember them telling me that it tasted just like the store-bought…
I remember at least one of my Christmas gifts from 1970. I was five years old, and my dad and brothers worked for weeks in…
My husband and I utilize both snowshoes and ice cleats. When strapping either on to do chores, I thank our ancestors. Many people go snowshoeing…