I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs. One in particular chronicles the adventures of a single person running a small farm. While I…
In the grand scheme of acquiring, establishing and running your homestead, you will be paying A LOT of people. You’ll be paying the sellers…
The following is a true story. Names have not been changed to protect the innocent. On a picnic one fine day several years ago,…
Modern homesteading is difficult. Rabbits love tender garden sprouts; every wild thing loves a good chicken dinner; and neighbors sometimes spew pesticides and herbicides…
Anyone who succeeds without some measure of failure first is either not trying very hard, or lying about it. Farming, gardening, homesteading, or crofting—all…
There is a common misconception we come across when talking to non-homesteaders about our way of life. A picture of open fields, livestock grazing, and…
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 huge…
A Trip to Lehman's Store Jay Lehman had a dream. It was a modest dream. But the dream that started in a tiny community among…
Of all the names people call homesteaders—come on, you know we are easy to talk about— there is one that really gets my goat:…
Nobody’s life is without challenges. But homesteaders are among the demographic of people who often find ourselves butting up against the very edges of…
My dad grew up in a big family, eight kids. He was the youngest of the four boys, and he had four sisters. My grandpa…
A croft is a smallholding (a parcel of rural land under 10 acres) that is rented from a landowner. Crofting originated in the Highlands and…
I decided when going back to college that I would major in Fish and Wildlife Biology. Now, understand that my previous endeavors had all been…
In life it doesn't seem to matter what undertaking you do, be it getting married, changing careers, going into business, starting a family, buying a…
As I sit here at the kitchen door, holding Maddie (my African Grey parrot ) on my lap, with Baby Girl (our Boston Terrier) standing,…
We began our homesteading experience from scratch. At that time my husband and I had no friends or close relatives with farming experience. In fact,…
Bravo to those already on their own land, who are old hands at gardening and raising animals and bettering their lives. These are the folks…
“This is the Yadkin Valley. The wind never stops blowing. That’s why we can grow certain crops here that don’t do well in other parts…
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…
“The Blue Goat” homestead is located in Anderson County, Texas. This is East Texas, where the Trinity River makes a series of tight turns about…
