Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and a glass of cool sweet tea. It was in the high nineties outside…
What is the Future of Homesteading? I have to make the confession that I have always been a sucker for a good advice column. …
Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to wish for a simpler life based on the quiet of the country. So…
Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. Even now, when Saturday morning programming does not include anything like Davy…
For the third time, my husband Donnie and I were making a foray into Holmes County, Ohio, home to the second largest population of…
There is an imaginary picture of "Homesteading" that revolves around being entirely self-sufficient from your land. Chickens for eggs, goats for milk, making your…
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…
Early in 2009, while the country was swept up in talk of bailing out banks and saving our national bacon, I was on vacation…
For centuries now, owning a home or plot of land has been a linchpin in the mythology of the American Dream. It’s also a…
A while back, there was a commercial that had people walking around carrying “their number.” The number represented the amount of money each person…
Raising angora rabbits and selling their fur or yarn has been an idea for extra income that I’ve been exploring for several years now.…
Perhaps not surprisingly, some of the strangest things Out There are things that you don’t even see. The whippoorwill, or whip-poor-will, is a prime…
