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Nuisance Wildlife Encounters On the Rise

Encounters with "nuisance wildlife" have been on the upswing in recent years.…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell

Top 5 Reasons to Can Your Own Meat

Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat.  I normally can…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

Butter ‘N’ Eggs Without the Manure! Saving Money on the Homestead

Two Decembers ago I was sitting on the porch enjoying the smell…

Learn Home Tanning: Transform Animal Hides with Skill

In a world where people are increasingly turning toward self-reliance and sustainability,…

Jenna Delchambre Jenna Delchambre

Crafty Cash: Put Your Hobbies to Work

Homesteaders have long been some of the most creative folks around.  We’re…

Bonnie Lavigne Bonnie Lavigne

Locavores: Messages from The Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce

You may be about to learn two new words (I did). “Locavore”…

Tips for Starting a CSA, Successfully

Many people begin homesteading as a way to escape the rat race…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Naked Gardening Exposed!

By now you’ve probably seen the Internet hoopla for World Naked Gardening…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Check Out These Seeds! Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library

Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish

The Basics of Biodynamic Gardening

Is this the year you plan on growing healthier food, taking better…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Retirement or Rejuvenation? Homesteading as Social Security

In the 1970’s, my father decided to retire at age 62, the…

T. Zoe Kimmel T. Zoe Kimmel

The Cabinet of Doom (That Saved the Homestead)

I called it the Cabinet of Doom. You probably have one in…

Magdalena Alvarez Magdalena Alvarez

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