Homesteading Life

The Beauty in Our Failures

When it comes to gardening, I jumped in feet first. I had played around with gardening in my teenage years…

2 years ago

Future Homesteading

What is the Future of Homesteading? I have to make the confession that I have always been a sucker for…

2 years ago

Staying Cool Without Air Conditioning on the Homestead

The cicadas are rasping out a mid-summer melody.  The air is still, the heat on the road wavering the image…

2 years ago

Countdown to the Country: Ten Steps on the Road to Your Homestead

Bravo to those already on their own land, who are old hands at gardening and raising animals and bettering their…

2 years ago

Do I Really Need a…? A List of Useful Equipment for New Homesteaders

Congratulations on your new land purchase and your decision to finally get out of the daily grind of urban life…

2 years ago

Non-Electric Dreamin’: Lehman’s Store Serves the Amish, Homesteaders, and the Big Wide World

Jay Lehman had a dream.  It was a modest dream.  But the dream of Lehman's Store that started in a…

2 years ago

Living Off-Grid Wherever You Are – Going Off-Grid Gradually

Living off-grid has only in recent times become a “trend.”  Up until about 100 or so years ago, it was…

2 years ago

Learning Curves on Rural Roads: Three Lessons for Every Homesteader

When my husband and I ditched our rat-race city lives to lead a “simple” life in the country making a…

2 years ago

What Not to Do: Ten Homesteading Don’ts

We began our homesteading experience from scratch.  At that time my husband and I had no friends or close relatives…

2 years ago

Foraging the Forest for Spring Edibles

It’s early spring. The bone-chilling winds of winter have finally given way to that sweet-smelling southern breeze. Songbirds have returned…

2 years ago