There are a few, a lucky few, folks who were born on the family farm, grew up on the family farm, learned how to run…
Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. Even now, when Saturday morning programming does not include anything like Davy Crockett…
Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat. I normally can about 60 pounds of meat at a time 3 times each year. The…
“Sold!” the auctioneer shouted, and I excitedly watched with my dad as the ring attendants herded my newly-acquired dairy goat into the holding pens for…
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…
Just when I thought that my one apron, Old Faithful was all I needed, I found a cute vintage garment I call Miss Priss, the…
For the third time, my husband Donnie and I were making a foray into Holmes County, Ohio, home to the second-largest population of Amish families…
It has been speculated that until recent history, around the 1600-1700s, Western people were not much interested in helping each other. Societies were feudal and…
So as I went on and on about how excited I am that I’m making continuous production yogurt (one of the tastier hobbies I’ve ever…
Early in 2009, while the country was swept up in talk of bailing out banks and saving our national bacon, I was on vacation out…
The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it generally involves living in isolated, rural environments. Many active homesteaders are single individuals…
When guests begin making their way to my humble home, I start getting serious about cleaning. I look at my house through the eyes of…