Michelle, the Boschvelder Hen, and Her Guinea Keets
Growing up, I remember my mother always having Guinea fowl feathers in…
Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading
Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and…
Adventures of Becoming a Backwoods Girl: Bugs, Guns, Dogs, and Fire, Oh My…
I decided when going back to college that I would major in…
Giving up the Grocery Store: Becoming Increasingly Self-Sufficient in a Practical Way
2020 was a changing point in my life that I didn’t realize…
Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.
Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first…
10 Old-Fashioned Homesteading Skills for Self-Sufficiency
What does it mean to be self-sufficient? For some, it might mean…
Homesteading in Appalachia
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian…
The Single Girl’s Guide to Buying a Homestead
If I were to just say the word “homestead” what would you…
Avoiding Homestead Burnout
Having been blessed with an adventurous life, I have learned to avoid…
From Suburbanites to Homesteaders: Why We Moved to the Country and What We Found When We Got There
Before moving to the country, my husband, Troy, and I were part…
Homesteader on Wheels: Living with M.S. Doesn’t Mean the End of a Dream.
As I sit here at the kitchen door, holding Maddie (my African…
How a Blizzard and a Cow Fed Grandpa’s Family
My dad grew up in a big family, with eight kids. He…