Mini Breakfast Casseroles

2 months ago

These mini breakfast casseroles are great for a quick, wholesome breakfast on the go.  Completely portable and customizable, they’re simple…

Raise Heritage Turkeys for Holiday Cash

2 months ago

Small-scale turkey farming is an excellent income source for homesteaders.  They have interesting personalities and are suitable for homesteads with…

Getting Greasy: A Beginner’s Guide to Infusing Oils

2 months ago

Ready to get your hands dirty this winter? Infusing oils is a constructive and joyful activity that adds a bit…

Classic Hummus

3 months ago

Hummus has been enjoyed in many parts of the world for centuries and with good reason.  The earliest recipe for…

Home Alone: Women on the Great Plains

3 months ago

“I had gone to bed one night, but could not sleep. My father was constantly in my mind. I seemed…

Willa Cather: My Ántonia and the Settlement of the Great Plains

3 months ago

"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made… I…

Homesteading with Dogs: Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends

3 months ago

If I had to give a label to our Akbash/Great Pyrenees dogs or put them in one category, well, I…

Learn to Earn: Ten Books Every Homesteader Should Read

3 months ago

The rise in popularity of the homesteading lifestyle is a good thing but it has caused the market to become…

Your Medicinal Garden: Ten Herbs to Plant This Spring

3 months ago

Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail.  All of us are entertaining grandiose gardening plans.  This…

Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale

3 months ago

Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that better than the Americans who participated in the…

The Three Sisters Legacy: The Science Behind Companion Planting

3 months ago

There’s nothing quite as frustrating as having some know-it-all tell you why your cucumbers aren’t getting bigger than pickles, or…

Waste Not, Want Not: Repurposing on the Homestead

3 months ago

Growing up in the rural Midwest, and being a child not unlike millions of others with a more selective than…