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Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish

Raising Country Kids on the Homestead

If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Hair-raising Homestead Haircuts

I'd like you to meet my son.  He's six years old, cute…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

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…

Lacey Thacker Lacey Thacker

The Trials and Triumphs of a Composting Toilet

When building a homestead from scratch, almost anything goes. This is especially…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

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…

Caitlin Elicker Caitlin Elicker

Becoming a Certified Wildlife Habitat

There's never a bad time to think about conservation and helping out…

Charles Powers Charles Powers

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…

Magdalena Perks Magdalena Perks

Starting a Micro-Creamery on the Homestead

Operating a micro-creamery is an option for those looking for niche farming…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Getting Started Spinning Wool: Spinning Wool for Beginners

One of the questions that I get asked a lot is, "Why…

Allena Jackson Allena Jackson

Homesteading in Appalachia

Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

The Single Girl’s Guide to Buying a Homestead

If I were to just say the word “homestead” what would you…

Allyson Ernst Allyson Ernst

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