In the 1960’s TV series Green Acres, the main character “Oliver”, who is from New York, buys a farm in the country. Whenever he wants…
To a generation who grew up on Lassie, Little House on the Prairie, and Green Acres, living a rural, homesteading lifestyle is about fairy tales…
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:…
What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture. A system for feeding and caring for ourselves that can be supported indefinitely by Nature because it imitates Nature's own…
This is a story of greed, corruption, and the struggle for religious freedom. The story begins in one of history’s gloomiest times, the Dark Ages.…
Being a staying-at-home mother, who works as a teacher for her children, as a maid for her house, and as a farmer for her…
A good while back I read a book, whose author, and even title, evade me now, but one segment of the narrative has stuck…
The old house crouched in the weeds, summoning as much dignity as it could, missing parts of its roof, some walls, and some windows. …
