Homesteading articles about Life on the Homestead pertaining to homesteaders, family, farming, animal husbandry, history, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.
To a generation who grew up on Lassie, Little House on the Prairie, and Green Acres, living a rural, homesteading lifestyle…
What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture. A system for feeding and caring for ourselves that can be supported indefinitely by Nature…
If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple Living, or at least heard of it. If…
For some baking bread is an art, for some a hobby, while for others it is a daily routine. Bread…
Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you could say the soil was rich and the…
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in…
Nobody’s life is without challenges. But we homesteaders are among the demographic of people who often find ourselves butting up…
Happy New Year, Homesteader! Another year is behind us, a fresh slate is in front of us. Most of us…
Homesteading can be tough, but there are tips and tricks—hacks—for any area of the homestead that can make life a…
When my kids were little, someone gave me a recipe for maple-flavored syrup. I remember them telling me that it…